Early Childhood Education at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill stacks up to those at other schools.

UNC Chapel Hill is located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina and has a total student population of 30,092. Of the 115 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2021, 115 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.

UNC Chapel Hill Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

UNC Chapel Hill Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UNC Chapel Hill 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 UNC Chapel Hill 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
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	52
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	58
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	83
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	228
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	236
	254
	390
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	400
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	568

Child development Student Demographics at UNC Chapel Hill

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

UNC Chapel Hill Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 115 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from UNC Chapel Hill in 2020-2021, 3% were men and 97% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UNC Chapel Hill 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 Carolina at Chapel Hill with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	83
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

UNC Chapel Hill 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 Development & Methodology

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 NC, the home state for University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Preschool Teachers	16,110	$28,260
Kindergarten Teachers	3,320	$46,490

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 Marchmain05 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.