Early Childhood Education at University of Missouri - Kansas City

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

UMKC is located in Kansas City, Missouri and has a total student population of 16,147. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 7 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UMKC.

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.

UMKC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

UMKC Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how UMKC 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 UMKC 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	191
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	232
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	302
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	407

Child development Student Demographics at UMKC

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

UMKC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at UMKC awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 Missouri - Kansas City with a bachelor's in child development.

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

UMKC 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
• College/Postsecondary/University 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 - Kansas City.

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 Voidxor under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.