Early Childhood Education at University of North Alabama

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

UNA is located in Florence, Alabama and approximately 8,086 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 11 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from UNA.

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.

UNA Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UNA

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

UNA does offer online education options in child development for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

UNA Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at UNA 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 Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	35
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	59
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	61
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	78
	81
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
	152
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	159
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	193
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	249
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	259
	262
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	330
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	334
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	540

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

Child development Student Demographics at UNA

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

UNA Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 11 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from UNA in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 91% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UNA 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 North Alabama with a bachelor's in child development.

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

UNA Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 14 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UNA, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UNA, 79% 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 North Alabama with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UNA 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 AL, the home state for University of North Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Preschool Teachers	2,480	$24,800

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 User:Altairisfar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.