Early Childhood Education at Southwest Minnesota State University

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

Southwest Minnesota State University is located in Marshall, Minnesota and has a total student population of 7,259. In 2021, 30 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Southwest Minnesota State University.

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.

Southwest Minnesota State University Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Southwest Minnesota State University

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, Southwest Minnesota State University does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

Southwest Minnesota State University Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Southwest Minnesota State University performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Southwest Minnesota State University 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 Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	29
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools	36
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	161

Child development Student Demographics at Southwest Minnesota State University

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

Southwest Minnesota State University Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 30 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Southwest Minnesota State University in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 93% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Southwest Minnesota State University 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 Southwest Minnesota State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	28
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Southwest Minnesota State University 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 MN, the home state for Southwest Minnesota State University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Preschool Teachers	8,180	$37,500
Kindergarten Teachers	3,440	$60,580

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.