Early Childhood Education at Walsh University

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

Walsh is located in North Canton, Ohio and approximately 2,651 students attend the school each year. Of the 65 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Walsh University in 2021, 27 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.

Walsh Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Walsh Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 Walsh 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	67
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	126
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	221
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	282
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	310
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	329
	348
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	414
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	506
	520

Child development Student Demographics at Walsh

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

Walsh Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 27 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Walsh. About 11% were men and 89% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Walsh since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Walsh 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 Walsh University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	17
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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

Related Majors

• Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching

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 OH, the home state for Walsh University.

Occupation	Jobs in OH	Average Salary in OH
Preschool Teachers	15,390	$29,020
Kindergarten Teachers	2,890	$59,750

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.