Early Childhood Education at Wisconsin Lutheran College

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

WLC is located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and approximately 1,166 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 5 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from WLC.

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.

WLC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at WLC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

WLC does offer online education options in child development for the following degree levels for those interested in distance learning:

• Master’s Degree

WLC Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at WLC 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 Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Value Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	14
	17
	21
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	25
	48
Best Value Early Childhood Education Schools	73
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Master’s Degree Schools	109
Best Value Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	189

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in child development from WLC. This makes it the #109 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child development Student Demographics at WLC

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

WLC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from WLC, about 20% were men and 80% were women.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at WLC 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 Wisconsin Lutheran 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	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

WLC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in child development from WLC. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from WLC, 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 Wisconsin Lutheran College with a master's in child development.

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

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

Related Majors

• Teacher Education
• Secondary Education
• 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 WI, the home state for Wisconsin Lutheran College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Preschool Teachers	10,180	$26,550
Kindergarten Teachers	1,630	$57,340

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 txnetstars under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.