by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2020-2021, 32,920 people earned their degree in early childhood education, making the major the 34th most popular in the United States.
Across Indiana, there were 930 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 152 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,857 and $26,625 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana” ranking looked at 11 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in early childhood education. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in early childhood education.
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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 “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for indiana bachelor’s degree child development students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Martin University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana. Martin University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Indianapolis, Indiana. It awarded 3 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Early Childhood Education at Martin University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oakland City University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana. Oakland City is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Oakland City, Indiana. It awarded 6 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana list. Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global is a fairly large school located in Marion, Indiana that handed out 36 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 5.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana Wesleyan University - National & Global Early Childhood Education Report
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Bethel University - Mishawaka landed the #4 spot on the list. Bethel University is a small school located in Mishawaka, Indiana that handed out 3 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Early Childhood Education at Bethel University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ball State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana. Ball State is a large school located in Muncie, Indiana that handed out 40 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
University of Southern Indiana landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana ranking. Evansville, Indiana is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 14 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Early Childhood Education at University of Southern Indiana
With a ranking of #7, Purdue University Northwest did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana list. Purdue University Northwest is a medium-sized school located in Hammond, Indiana that handed out 7 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about Early Childhood Education at Purdue University Northwest
Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 22 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.
Read more about Early Childhood Education at Purdue University - Main Campus
With a ranking of #9, Indiana University - Purdue University - Indianapolis did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana list. IUPUI is located in Indianapolis, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s child development degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Indiana University - Bloomington came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana ranking. IU Bloomington is a large school located in Bloomington, Indiana that handed out 11 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Indiana University - Bloomington Early Childhood Education Report
Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in Indiana list. This small school is located in Saint Mary of the Woods, Indiana, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Early Childhood Education Report
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