Early Childhood Education at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and approximately 23,613 students attend the school each year. Of the 243 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Delaware in 2021, 44 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.

UD Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

UD Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 UD 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
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	6
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
	20
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	24
	26
	51
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	116
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	164
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	171
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	261
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	645

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in child development from UD. This makes it the #116 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at UD

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

UD Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 44 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from UD. About 2% were men and 98% were women.

About 73% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	32
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UD Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 5 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UD, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

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

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

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

Related Majors

• 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Preschool Teachers	2,150	$28,910
Kindergarten Teachers	390	$60,140

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.