Early Childhood Education at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

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

WCUPA is located in West Chester, Pennsylvania and approximately 17,719 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 217 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from WCUPA.

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.

WCUPA Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WCUPA

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? WCUPA offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

WCUPA Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at WCUPA 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 WCUPA 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 Schools	19
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	25
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	27
	35
Best Early Childhood Education Schools	40
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	51
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	64
	92
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	97
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	144

In 2021, 16 students received their master’s degree in child development from WCUPA. This makes it the #51 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at WCUPA

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

WCUPA Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

About 90% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at WCUPA 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	196
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	8

WCUPA Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 16 child development majors earned their master's degree from WCUPA. Of these graduates, 6% were men and 94% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from WCUPA, 100% 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 West Chester University of Pennsylvania with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WCUPA 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
• 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 PA, the home state for West Chester University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Preschool Teachers	13,480	$29,250
Kindergarten Teachers	3,350	$62,510

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 Smallbones under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.