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Early Childhood Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Early Childhood Education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale

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

SIUC is located in Carbondale, Illinois and approximately 11,366 students attend the school each year.

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.

SIUC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at SIUC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SIUC offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

  • Bachelor’s Degree

SIUC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at SIUC 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.

Child development Student Demographics at SIUC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

SIUC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at SIUC 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 Southern Illinois University Carbondale 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 11
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 IL, the home state for Southern Illinois University Carbondale.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Preschool Teachers 24,120 $31,500
Kindergarten Teachers 4,630 $55,660

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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