Early Childhood Education at University of Michigan - Dearborn

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

UM Dearborn is located in Dearborn, Michigan and approximately 8,783 students attend the school each year. Of the 69 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Michigan - Dearborn in 2021, 19 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.

UM Dearborn Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UM Dearborn

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UM Dearborn offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

UM Dearborn Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UM Dearborn 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 UM Dearborn 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
	142
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	154
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	253
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	286
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	415
	416
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	521

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in child development from UM Dearborn. This makes it the #59 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at UM Dearborn

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

UM Dearborn Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

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

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UM Dearborn 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 Michigan - Dearborn with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	13
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

UM Dearborn Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students earned a master's degree in child development from UM Dearborn. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UM Dearborn, 71% 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 Michigan - Dearborn with a master's in child development.

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

UM Dearborn 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

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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Dearborn.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Preschool Teachers	9,270	$35,010
Kindergarten Teachers	1,450	$59,140

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 Dave Parker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.