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Early Childhood Education at University of the Southwest

Early Childhood Education at University of the Southwest

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at University of the Southwest. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

USW is located in Hobbs, New Mexico and approximately 904 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.

USW Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at USW

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.

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

  • Master’s Degree

USW Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at USW 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 USW

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

USW Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
60% 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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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 the Southwest with a bachelor's in child development.

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

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 NM, the home state for University of the Southwest.

Occupation Jobs in NM Average Salary in NM
Preschool Teachers 2,490 $34,100
Kindergarten Teachers 1,160 $53,780

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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