Early Childhood Education at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville stacks up to those at other schools.

SIUE is located in Edwardsville, Illinois and approximately 12,860 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from SIUE.

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.

SIUE Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

SIUE Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at SIUE 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
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	182
	226
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	253
	353
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	634

Child development Student Demographics at SIUE

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

SIUE Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from SIUE. Of these graduates, 4% were men and 96% were women.

About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at SIUE 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 Illinois University Edwardsville with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Elementary Education

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Edwardsville.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Preschool Teachers	24,120	$31,500
Kindergarten Teachers	4,630	$55,660

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 Illinois2011 (Tyler Warren) under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.