2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in New Jersey
4Colleges in New Jersey
160Child development Degrees Awarded
Early Childhood Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #34 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.
College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in New Jersey ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 160 degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.
The child development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Early Childhood Education rankings. For our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Early Childhood Education Rankings by Degree Level
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Early Childhood Education Schools in New Jersey list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in New Jersey
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the child development degrees they offer, see the list below.
It is difficult to beat The College of New Jersey if you wish to pursue a degree in early childhood education. TCNJ is a medium-sized public college located in the suburb of Ewing. A Best Colleges rank of #251 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means TCNJ is a great college overall.
There were approximately 24 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at TCNJ in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Rowan University if you wish to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Rowan is a large public university located in the suburb of Glassboro. A Best Colleges rank of #329 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Rowan is a great university overall.
There were about 57 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Rowan in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat William Paterson University of New Jersey if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Located in the large suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 16th out of 44 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 50 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at William Paterson University in the most recent data year.
Camden County College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Camden County College is a moderately-sized public college located in the large suburb of Blackwood. This college ranks 38th out of 44 schools for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were about 15 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Camden County College in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
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