Early Childhood Education at University of Kansas

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if University of Kansas is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

KU is located in Lawrence, Kansas and approximately 26,744 students attend the school each year. Of the 144 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Kansas in 2021, 21 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

KU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

KU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at KU compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at KU 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	39
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	59
	99
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	169
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	396
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	809

Child development Student Demographics at KU

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

KU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 21 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from KU, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• Secondary Education
• Elementary Education

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 KS, the home state for University of Kansas.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Preschool Teachers	1,930	$31,560
Kindergarten Teachers	1,090	$51,230

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 Arnhem under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.