Early Childhood Education at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if University of Washington - Seattle Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. Of the 283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of Washington - Seattle Campus in 2021, 116 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.

UW Seattle Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at UW Seattle

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

For those who are interested in distance learning, UW Seattle does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UW Seattle Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at UW Seattle 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 Online Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools	13
	143
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	167
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	650

Child development Student Demographics at UW Seattle

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

UW Seattle Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 116 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education from UW Seattle in 2020-2021, 6% were men and 94% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at UW Seattle since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Washington - Seattle Campus with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	36
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	36
International Students	14
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UW Seattle 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
• 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Preschool Teachers	11,050	$32,960
Kindergarten Teachers	7,870	$62,330

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.