Early Childhood Education at Wichita State University

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

WSU is located in Wichita, Kansas and approximately 14,999 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 10 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from WSU.

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.

WSU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

WSU Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how WSU 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 WSU 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
	67
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	263
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	403
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	566
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	815

Child development Student Demographics at WSU

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

WSU Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 10 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from WSU in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at WSU 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 Wichita 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	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods
• 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 KS, the home state for Wichita State University.

Occupation	Jobs in KS	Average Salary in KS
Preschool Teachers	1,930	$31,560
Kindergarten Teachers	1,090	$51,230

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 Hrududu under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.