Early Childhood Education at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UPR Rio Piedras is located in San Juan, Puerto Rico and has a total student population of 13,892. In 2021, 12 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from UPR Rio Piedras.

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.

UPR Rio Piedras Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

UPR Rio Piedras Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UPR Rio Piedras 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 UPR Rio Piedras 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 Master’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	56
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	242
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	269
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	336
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	522

In 2021, 19 students received their master’s degree in child development from UPR Rio Piedras. This makes it the #43 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at UPR Rio Piedras

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.

UPR Rio Piedras Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 12 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from UPR Rio Piedras in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 39% 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 Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UPR Rio Piedras Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 89% of degree recipients. That is 45% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	17
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

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

Related Majors

• 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 PR, the home state for University of Puerto Rico - Rio Piedras.

Occupation	Jobs in PR	Average Salary in PR

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 Osvaldo Ocasio under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.