Early Childhood Education at Utah State University

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

USU is located in Logan, Utah and has a total student population of 27,691. In 2021, 21 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from USU.

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.

USU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

USU Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at USU 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 USU 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 Focused Early Childhood Education Graduate Certificate Schools	34
	62
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	390

Child development Student Demographics at USU

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

USU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from USU. About 95% of these graduates were women and the other 5% were men.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at USU 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 Utah State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

USU 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
• 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 UT, the home state for Utah State University.

Occupation	Jobs in UT	Average Salary in UT
Preschool Teachers	1,550	$29,700
Kindergarten Teachers	680	$48,320

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 Cory Maylett under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.