Early Childhood Education at The University of Texas at El Paso

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what The University of Texas at El Paso has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

UTEP is located in El Paso, Texas and has a total student population of 24,879.

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.

UTEP Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at UTEP

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, UTEP does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

Master’s Degree

UTEP Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at UTEP

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at The University of Texas at El Paso.

UTEP Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

94% Women

81% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of child development master's degrees went to men and 94% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. UTEP does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 81% of degree recipients. That is 35% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from The University of Texas at El Paso with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas at El Paso.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960
Kindergarten Teachers	15,050	$54,780

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.

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National Center for Education Statistics
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