Early Childhood Education at University of Massachusetts - Boston

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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.

UMass Boston Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

UMass Boston Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at UMass Boston 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 UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

85% Women

57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 15% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 85% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Boston since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 University of Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

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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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Preschool Teachers	16,360	$39,180
Kindergarten Teachers	3,020	$75,510

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
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