Early Childhood Education at Wayne State College

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

WSC is located in Wayne, Nebraska and has a total student population of 4,202. Of the 162 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Wayne State College in 2021, 9 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.

WSC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

WSC Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 WSC 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
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	109
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	257
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	277
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	601

Child development Student Demographics at WSC

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

WSC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from WSC. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

About 67% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at WSC 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 Wayne State College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	6
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

WSC 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
• 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 NE, the home state for Wayne State College.

Occupation	Jobs in NE	Average Salary in NE
Preschool Teachers	1,300	$37,980
Kindergarten Teachers	920	$59,490

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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.