Early Childhood Education at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at University of Arkansas - Fort Smith stacks up to those at other schools.

UAFS is located in Fort Smith, Arkansas and has a total student population of 5,887.

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.

UAFS Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Child development (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Child development (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Child development

UAFS Early Childhood Education Rankings

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Child development Student Demographics at UAFS

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

UAFS Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 88% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at UAFS are white. Around 63% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Arkansas - Fort Smith with a associate's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 AR, the home state for University of Arkansas - Fort Smith.

Occupation	Jobs in AR	Average Salary in AR
Preschool Teachers	3,520	$33,150
Kindergarten Teachers	1,410	$46,180

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 University of Arkansas - Fort Smith under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.