Early Childhood Education at University of Nevada - Las Vegas

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

UNLV is located in Las Vegas, Nevada and has a total student population of 31,142.

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.

UNLV Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

UNLV Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at UNLV

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

UNLV Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

88% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of child development master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. UNLV does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 9% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from University of Nevada - Las Vegas with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	1
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 NV, the home state for University of Nevada - Las Vegas.

Occupation	Jobs in NV	Average Salary in NV
Kindergarten Teachers	1,500	$56,280
Preschool Teachers	1,220	$32,540

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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