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Early Childhood Education at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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Early Childhood Education at University of Colorado at Colorado Springs

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

UCCS is located in Colorado Springs, Colorado and approximately 12,380 students attend the school each year. Of the 95 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Colorado at Colorado Springs in 2021, 12 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.

UCCS Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

UCCS Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UCCS compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 UCCS 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 Focused Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools 34
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools 34
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 211
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 242
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 250
258
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 354
Best Early Childhood Education Schools 363
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools 376
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Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools 526
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools 742

Child development Student Demographics at UCCS

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

UCCS Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from UCCS. About 92% of these graduates were women and the other 8% were men.

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About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UCCS 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 University of Colorado at Colorado Springs with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 8
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 CO, the home state for University of Colorado at Colorado Springs.

Occupation Jobs in CO Average Salary in CO
Preschool Teachers 8,700 $33,140
Kindergarten Teachers 3,630 $50,020

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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