Early Childhood Education at San Diego State University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if San Diego State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

SDSU is located in San Diego, California and approximately 36,334 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 166 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from SDSU.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

SDSU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
• Master’s Degree in Child development

SDSU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at SDSU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at SDSU is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
	27
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	31
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	68
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	84
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	111
	137
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	193
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	333
	362
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	390
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	391
	525

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in child development from SDSU. This makes it the #31 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at SDSU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at San Diego State University.

SDSU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 166 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from SDSU in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	29
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	59
White	47
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

SDSU Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 26 students earned a master's degree in child development from SDSU. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 12% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. SDSU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 8% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 58% of degree recipients. That is 14% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from San Diego State University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	8
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SDSU also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Teacher Development & Methodology

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for San Diego State University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Kindergarten Teachers	11,580	$69,690

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Wikipedia User:Geographer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.