Early Childhood Education at University of Northern Colorado

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

University of Northern Colorado is located in Greeley, Colorado and approximately 11,460 students attend the school each year. Of the 279 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Northern Colorado in 2021, 41 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.

University of Northern Colorado Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

University of Northern Colorado Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at University of Northern Colorado 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 University of Northern Colorado 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	196
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	204
	227
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	518

Child development Student Demographics at University of Northern Colorado

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

University of Northern Colorado Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 41 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from University of Northern Colorado in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at University of Northern Colorado are white. This is typical for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% 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 Northern Colorado with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	22
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 CO, the home state for University of Northern Colorado.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Preschool Teachers	8,700	$33,140
Kindergarten Teachers	3,630	$50,020

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 LUSportsFan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.