2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Oklahoma

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s” 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 Oklahoma, there were 256 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 15 early childhood education graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,146 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in early childhood education. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in early childhood education.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for oklahoma master’s degree child development students.

Top 5 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Oklahoma

1

Oklahoma City University
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

#4 overall quality in Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma City University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s list. OCU is located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

With a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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 OCU

2

Northeastern State University
Tahlequah, Oklahoma

#14 overall quality in Oklahoma

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Northeastern State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tahlequah, Oklahoma is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at NSU

3

University of Central Oklahoma
Edmond, Oklahoma

#8 overall quality in Oklahoma

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Oklahoma. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s. Edmond, Oklahoma is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 2 students in 2020-2021.

Full UCO Early Childhood Education Report

4

Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, Oklahoma

#13 overall quality in Oklahoma

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Southwestern Oklahoma State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southwestern Oklahoma State University is a small public school situated in Weatherford, Oklahoma. It awarded 0 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Full SWOSU Early Childhood Education Report

4

Oral Roberts University
Tulsa, Oklahoma

#6 overall quality in Oklahoma

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oral Roberts University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Child development Major in Oklahoma for a Master’s list. ORU is located in Tulsa, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Early Childhood Education at ORU

• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Southwest Region
• Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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