Early Childhood Education at University of South Alabama

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

USA is located in Mobile, Alabama and has a total student population of 14,224. In 2021, 19 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from USA.

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.

USA Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at USA

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? USA offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

USA Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how USA performed in these rankings.

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 USA 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	67
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	92
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	101
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	128
Best Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	133
	136
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	181
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	258
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	262
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	338
	358
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	394
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	629

In 2021, 13 students received their master’s degree in child development from USA. This makes it the #67 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at USA

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

USA Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at USA awarded 19 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 35% 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 South Alabama with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

USA Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

Of the 13 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from USA, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from USA, 85% 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 South Alabama with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USA 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 AL, the home state for University of South 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 Ä â€™asil under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.