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Early Childhood Education at University of Florida

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Early Childhood Education at University of Florida

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 Florida stacks up to those at other schools.

UF is located in Gainesville, Florida and has a total student population of 53,372.

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.

UF Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at UF

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.

UF does offer online education options in child development for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

UF Early Childhood Education Rankings

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.

Child development Student Demographics at UF

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

UF Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

100% Women
42% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 12 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UF, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 6
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 FL, the home state for University of Florida.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Preschool Teachers 25,940 $27,990
Kindergarten Teachers 10,680 $50,400

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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