Early Childhood Education at Southwestern College

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

SC is located in Winfield, Kansas and approximately 1,413 students attend the school each year. Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Southwestern College in 2021, 2 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.

SC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at SC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SC does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

SC Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 SC 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 Online Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools	109
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	187
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	187
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	208
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	290
	310
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	319
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	368
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	416
	474
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	490
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	768
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	826

In 2021, 0 student received their master’s degree in child development from SC. This is the #187 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at SC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Southwestern College.

SC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 2 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SC, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• 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 KS, the home state for Southwestern College.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Preschool Teachers	1,930	$31,560
Kindergarten Teachers	1,090	$51,230

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 Rschmeichel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.