Early Childhood Education at National Louis University

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

NLU is located in Chicago, Illinois and has a total student population of 7,402.

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.

NLU Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
Master’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at NLU

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

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

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

NLU Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at NLU

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

NLU Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

90% Women

64% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of child development master's degrees went to men and 90% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. NLU does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 64% of degree recipients. That is 17% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	38
Hispanic or Latino	62
White	55
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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 National Louis University.

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.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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