Early Childhood Education at Walden University

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 Walden University stacks up to those at other schools.

Walden University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and approximately 49,695 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.

Walden University Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Walden University

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, Walden University does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

Bachelor’s Degree
Master’s Degree

Child development Student Demographics at Walden University

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

Walden University Early Childhood Education Master’s Program

95% Women

50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 5% of child development master's degrees went to men and 95% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 4% men graduate in child development each year. Walden University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% 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 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	65
Hispanic or Latino	12
White	75
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	11

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 MN, the home state for Walden University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Preschool Teachers	8,180	$37,500
Kindergarten Teachers	3,440	$60,580

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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