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Early Childhood Education at University of Rhode Island

Early Childhood Education at University of Rhode Island

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at University of Rhode Island stacks up to those at other schools.

URI is located in Kingston, Rhode Island and approximately 17,649 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.

URI Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at URI

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.

For those who are interested in distance learning, URI does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

URI Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at URI 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 URI

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

URI Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

92% Women
8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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About 85% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at URI 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 University of Rhode Island 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 0
White 11
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 RI, the home state for University of Rhode Island.

Occupation Jobs in RI Average Salary in RI
Preschool Teachers 1,120 $32,400
Kindergarten Teachers 560 $65,530

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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