Early Childhood Education at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and approximately 31,142 students attend the school each year. Of the 224 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Nevada - Las Vegas in 2021, 35 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.

UNLV Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

UNLV Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 UNLV 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
	16
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	34
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	34
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	39
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	40
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	99
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	241
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	626

In 2021, 21 students received their master’s degree in child development from UNLV. This makes it the #39 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 35 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from UNLV. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Nevada - Las Vegas with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	12
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNLV Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 21 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from UNLV in 2021, 14% were men and 86% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 67% of degree recipients. That is 23% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• 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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Kindergarten Teachers	1,500	$56,280
Preschool Teachers	1,220	$32,540

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 Stan Shebs under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.