2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region
87Colleges in the Great Lakes Region
4,350Child development Degrees Awarded
Ranked #34 in popularity, early childhood education is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want to get your degree.
College Factual reviewed 87 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 4,350 degrees in early childhood education during the 2021-2022 academic year.
Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for early childhood education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Early Childhood Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in the Great Lakes Region
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the child development degree levels they offer. Only those schools that rank in the top 15% of all the schools we analyze get awarded with a place on this list.
13 Top Great Lakes Region Schools in Child development
It is difficult to beat University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign if you wish to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #34 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UIUC is a great university overall.
There were approximately 11 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UIUC in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student who is interested in early childhood education needs to check out Indiana University - Bloomington. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bloomington. A Best Colleges rank of #55 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means IU Bloomington is a great university overall.
There were about 7 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at IU Bloomington in the most recent year we have data available.
Loyola University Chicago is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #137 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Loyola Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 4 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Loyola Chicago in the most recent data year.
Purdue University - Main Campus is a good option for students pursuing a degree in early childhood education. Purdue is a very large public university located in the city of West Lafayette. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Purdue is a great university overall.
There were roughly 18 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Purdue in the most recent data year.
Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #231 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Illinois State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 84 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Illinois State in the most recent year we have data available.
UDayton is a large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Dayton. A Best Colleges rank of #184 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UDayton is a great university overall.
There were roughly 66 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UDayton in the most recent data year.
Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #205 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Ball State is a great university overall.
There were about 40 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Ball State in the most recent data year.
Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public university located in the fringe town of Oxford. A Best Colleges rank of #116 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Miami University - Oxford is a great university overall.
There were approximately 95 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Miami University - Oxford in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the large city of Chicago, DePaul is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #203 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means DePaul is a great university overall.
There were about 34 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at DePaul in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the medium-sized city of Peoria, Bradley is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population. This university ranks 14th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were roughly 7 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Bradley in the most recent data year.
UC is a very large public university located in the large city of Cincinnati. A Best Colleges rank of #166 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UC is a great university overall.
There were roughly 83 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UC in the most recent year we have data available.
Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 17th out of 85 colleges for overall quality in the state of Illinois.
There were approximately 345 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at NLU in the most recent year we have data available.
Concordia University, Chicago is a medium-sized private not-for-profit university located in the large suburb of River Forest. A Best Colleges rank of #170 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Concordia University, Chicago is a great university overall.
There were about 27 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Chicago in the most recent data year.
Here are some additional great schools for Early Childhood Education students in the Great Lakes Region that almost earned our Best Early Childhood Education Schools in the Great Lakes Region award.
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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Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for early childhood education schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
