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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UGA.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UGA 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	34
	226
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	293

In 2021, 44 students received their master’s degree in child development from UGA. This makes it the #16 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 126 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from UGA. Of these graduates, 5% were men and 95% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at UGA since its program graduates 1% more men than average.

About 83% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	105
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UGA Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 44 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from UGA in 2021, 5% were men and 95% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UGA, 73% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	32
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Online Educator/Online Teaching
• Elementary Education
• Teacher Development & Methodology
• Adult & Continuing Education
• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Pruddle under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.