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Early Childhood Education at University of Illinois at Chicago

Early Childhood Education at University of Illinois at Chicago

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

UIC is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 33,518.

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.

UIC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Child development

UIC Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at UIC

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

UIC Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

92% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of child development master's degrees went to men and 92% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. UIC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

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In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 79% of degree recipients. That is 33% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Illinois at Chicago with a master's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 19
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 10
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 University of Illinois at Chicago.

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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