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Early Childhood Education at Western Governors University

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Early Childhood Education at Western Governors University

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

WGU is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and approximately 147,866 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 4 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from WGU.

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.

WGU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at WGU

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.

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

  • Bachelor’s Degree

WGU Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 WGU 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 3
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 40
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools 91
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Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 366
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 462

Child development Student Demographics at WGU

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

WGU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
75% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The child development program at WGU awarded 4 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 0% of these degrees went to men with the other 100% going to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 31% 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 Western Governors University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

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

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 Western Governors 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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