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2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Texas

19 Colleges in Texas
1,827 Child 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 looked at 19 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Texas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 1,827 degrees in early childhood education during the 2021-2022 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Early Childhood Education School

Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Texas 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.

Pick Your Early Childhood Education Degree Level

Associate Degrees in Child development
Bachelor's Degrees in Child development
Master's Degrees in Child development

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Texas list to help you make the college decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Texas

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.

10 Top Texas Schools in Child development

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
11th Most Popular In TX
49 Child development Degrees Awarded

It's hard to beat Texas Christian University if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Located in the large city of Fort Worth, TCU is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #80 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means TCU is a great university overall.

There were about 49 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at TCU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Texas Christian University

2
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In TX
250 Child development Degrees Awarded

El Centro College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. El Centro College is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Dallas. A Best Colleges rank of #362 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means El Centro College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 250 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at El Centro College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from El Centro College

3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In TX
221 Child development Degrees Awarded

It's difficult to beat South Texas College if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. South Texas College is a very large public college located in the medium-sized city of McAllen. A Best Colleges rank of #591 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means South Texas College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 221 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at South Texas College in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from South Texas College

4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
14th Most Popular In TX

Wayland Baptist University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Wayland Baptist University is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Plainview. A Best Colleges rank of #476 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Wayland Baptist University is a great university overall.

There were approximately 20 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Wayland Baptist University in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Wayland Baptist University

5
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
6th Most Popular In TX
75 Child development Degrees Awarded

Tarrant County College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Fort Worth. A Best Colleges rank of #671 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means Tarrant County College is a great college overall.

There were roughly 75 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Tarrant County College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Tarrant County College District

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Austin College crest
Austin College
Sherman, TX
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
31st Most Popular In TX
33.3% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Sherman, Austin College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 65th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 6 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Austin College in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Austin College

7
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
31st Most Popular In TX
55.6% Growth in Graduates

Located in the city of Denton, UNT is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #280 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means UNT is a great university overall.

There were about 9 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UNT in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from University of North Texas

8
North Harris Montgomery crest
Lone Star College System
The Woodlands, TX
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In TX
258 Child development Degrees Awarded

North Harris Montgomery is a fairly large public college located in the midsize city of The Woodlands. A Best Colleges rank of #801 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means North Harris Montgomery is a great college overall.

There were approximately 258 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at North Harris Montgomery in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Lone Star College System

9
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
26th Most Popular In TX

SFASU is a fairly large public university located in the town of Nacogdoches. This university ranks 48th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 8 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at SFASU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Stephen F Austin State University

10
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
22nd Most Popular In TX
45.0% Growth in Graduates

Located in the town of Commerce, Texas A&M Commerce is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 53rd out of 115 colleges for overall quality in the state of Texas.

There were roughly 20 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Texas A&M Commerce in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Texas A&M University - Commerce

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Southwest Region

Explore all the Best Early Childhood Education Schools in the Southwest Area or other specific states within that region.

StateCollegesDegrees Awarded
Arizona6701,160
Oklahoma565213
New Mexico416220

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Early Childhood Education is one of 13 different types of Teacher Education Grade Specific programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child development

Related MajorAnnual Graduates
Teacher Education1,773
Elementary Education504
Secondary Education340
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching220
Adult & Continuing Education102
Teacher Development & Methodology31
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Educational Methods20

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