by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Early Childhood Education is the 34th most popular major in the country with 32,920 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across North Carolina, there were 2,921 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 194 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their early childhood education program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Mount Olive. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina list. University of Mount Olive is a private not-for-profit institution located in Mount Olive, North Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 59 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina. UNC Chapel Hill is a public institution located in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. The school has a large population, and it awarded 115 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Early Childhood Education at UNC Chapel Hill
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Brevard College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Brevard, North Carolina, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Fayetteville State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Fayetteville, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s child development degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a public institution located in Greensboro, North Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Elon University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina ranking. Elon University is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Elon, North Carolina. It awarded 3 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Barton College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Child development Major in North Carolina ranking. Barton College is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Wilson, North Carolina. It awarded 0 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
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