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2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Utah

4 Colleges in Utah
185 Child development Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in early childhood education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #34 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.

College Factual looked at 4 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Utah ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 185 degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Early Childhood Education School

Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Utah Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.

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

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 Utah list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Utah

The schools below may not offer all types of child development degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Utah Schools in Child development

1
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In UT

It is difficult to beat Brigham Young University - Provo if you wish to pursue a degree in early childhood education. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the midsize city of Provo. A Best Colleges rank of #100 out of 2,217 schools nationwide means BYU is a great university overall.

There were about 24 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at BYU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Brigham Young University - Provo

2
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In UT

Any student who is interested in early childhood education has to check out Utah State University. Located in the city of Logan, USU is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 5th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were roughly 21 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at USU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Utah State University

3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In UT
117 Child development Degrees Awarded

Utah Valley University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the small city of Orem, UVU is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #279 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means UVU is a great university overall.

There were about 117 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UVU in the most recent data year.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Utah Valley University

4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
4th Most Popular In UT

It is hard to beat Weber State University if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. WSU is a very large public university located in the small city of Ogden. This university ranks 6th out of 13 colleges for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were about 10 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at WSU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Weber State University

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Dixie State College crest
Dixie State University
Saint George, UT
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
5th Most Popular In UT

Located in the small city of Saint George, Dixie State College is a public university with a large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 13 schools for overall quality in the state of Utah.

There were roughly 9 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Dixie State College in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Dixie State University


 

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Colorado 590 278
Idaho 446 50
Montana 340 100
Wyoming 278 19

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 3,125
Teacher Education 73
Secondary Education 37
Teacher Development & Methodology 34
Adult & Continuing Education 3
Montessori Teacher Education 3

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