Early Childhood Education at The College of New Jersey

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

TCNJ is located in Ewing, New Jersey and has a total student population of 7,783. Of the 272 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from The College of New Jersey in 2021, 24 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.

TCNJ Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

TCNJ Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how TCNJ 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 TCNJ 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
	2
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	2
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	57
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	346
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	581

Child development Student Demographics at TCNJ

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

TCNJ Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at TCNJ 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 The College of New Jersey with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

TCNJ 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
• Teacher 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 NJ, the home state for The College of New Jersey.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Preschool Teachers	15,820	$40,880
Kindergarten Teachers	5,120	$67,400

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 Tomwsulcer under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.