by our College Data Analytics TeamEarly Childhood Education is a concentration offered under the teacher education grade specific major at Lesley University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the master’s degree program in child development, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, and more.
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In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Lesley was $1,050 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.
| In State | Out of State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $18,900 | $18,900 |
| Fees | $150 | $150 |
Looking for online learning options? Good news, you can take online classes in the child development master’s degree program at Lesley. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Lesley Online Learning page.
Of the students who received their master’s degree in child development in 2019-2020, 94.1% of them were women. This is in the same ballpark of the nationwide number of 95.9%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 20.6% of the child development master’s degrees at Lesley in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 36%.
| Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
|---|---|
| Asian | 1 |
| Black or African American | 3 |
| Hispanic or Latino | 3 |
| Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
| White | 20 |
| International Students | 2 |
| Other Races/Ethnicities | 5 |
You may also be interested in one of these majors related to early childhood education.
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Elementary Education | 56 |
| Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching | 7 |
| Secondary Education | 10 |
View All Early Childhood Education Related Majors >
*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.
More about our data sources and methodologies.