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Early Childhood Education at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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.

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 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.

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
35% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 59% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UIUC 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 10
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

UIUC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

100% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 4% better 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 master's in child development.

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