Early Childhood Education at San Jose State University

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at San Jose State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

San Jose State is located in San Jose, California and approximately 36,208 students attend the school each year. Of the 221 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from San Jose State University in 2021, 221 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

San Jose State Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

San Jose State Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at San Jose State 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 San Jose State 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	9
	16
	19
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	20
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	25
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
	45
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	50
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	65
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	116
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	134
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	157
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	178
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	360

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in child development from San Jose State. This makes it the #116 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at San Jose State

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

San Jose State Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 221 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from San Jose State. About 8% were men and 92% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at San Jose State since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% 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 Jose State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	57
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	97
White	30
International Students	13
Other Races/Ethnicities	17

San Jose State Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students earned a master's degree in child development from San Jose State. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	1
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

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 Jose 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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.