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Early Childhood Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and has a total student population of 52,679. In 2021, 15 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

UIUC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UIUC 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 UIUC 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 Schools 13
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Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 155
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools 306
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools 454

In 2021, 1 student received their master’s degree in child development from UIUC. This is the #168 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
53% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 15 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from UIUC. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 7
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

UIUC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

100% Women
The child development program at UIUC awarded 1 master's degree in 2020-2021.

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

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

UIUC 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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Preschool Teachers 24,120 $31,500
Kindergarten Teachers 4,630 $55,660

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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