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Early Childhood Education at University of Georgia

Early Childhood Education at University of Georgia

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

UGA is located in Athens, Georgia and has a total student population of 39,147.

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.

UGA Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

UGA Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at UGA 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.

Child development Student Demographics at UGA

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

UGA Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

99% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 1% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 99% went to women.

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About 71% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UGA 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 Georgia with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 51
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

UGA Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

97% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development master's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UGA, 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 University of Georgia with a master's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 72
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 GA, the home state for University of Georgia.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Preschool Teachers 14,430 $30,910
Kindergarten Teachers 4,720 $54,080

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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