Early Childhood Education at Towson University

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

Towson is located in Towson, Maryland and has a total student population of 21,917. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 70 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Towson.

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.

Towson Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
• Master’s Degree in Child development

Towson Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Towson 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
	6
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	9
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	16
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	67
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	71
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	173
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	234
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	469

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in child development from Towson. This makes it the #31 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at Towson

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

Towson Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Towson are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	37
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Towson Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Early Childhood Education from Towson in 2020-2021, 4% were men and 96% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Towson, 77% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	20
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 MD, the home state for Towson University.

Occupation	Jobs in MD	Average Salary in MD
Preschool Teachers	9,400	$38,440
Kindergarten Teachers	2,610	$67,170

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 Amouzone under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.