Early Childhood Education at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

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

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is located in Magnolia, Arkansas and has a total student population of 4,432.

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.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Southern Arkansas University Main Campus does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 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.

Child development Student Demographics at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

Southern Arkansas University Main Campus Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Southern Arkansas University Main Campus with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	7
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	43
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• Elementary Education
• Secondary Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 AR, the home state for Southern Arkansas University Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Preschool Teachers	3,520	$33,150
Kindergarten Teachers	1,410	$46,180

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.