Early Childhood Education at University of Missouri - Columbia

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

Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and has a total student population of 31,089. Of the 212 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Missouri - Columbia in 2021, 14 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.

Mizzou Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Mizzou Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Mizzou performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Mizzou 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	88
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	119
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	186
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	343
	362
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	861

Child development Student Demographics at Mizzou

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

Mizzou Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 14 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from Mizzou in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 86% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Mizzou 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 Missouri - Columbia with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching
• 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 MO, the home state for University of Missouri - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Preschool Teachers	5,510	$30,440
Kindergarten Teachers	1,710	$51,630

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 Adam Procter under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.