2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Maryland

If you pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #31 most popular program in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in Maryland to determine which ones were the most popular for early childhood education students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 184 bachelor's degrees in early childhood education during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Early Childhood Education School for Your Bachelor's Degree

Your choice of school for getting your bachelor's degree in child development matters. As an aid in helping you pick the right school for you, we created our Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in Maryland ranking.

A high popularity ranking isn't always a sign that a school has a great overall quality ranking for early childhood education, but it does mean that many students are choosing the school for some reason. Sometimes this is because the school offers a great educational experience, it is a good value, or it is highly focused on the program.

One Size Does Not Fit All

We have also developed a number of other rankings to help guide you in your decision-making process. To begin with, if this is not the degree level you are most interested in, you may want to check out one of the others noted above. If you would prefer to limit your search to a specific state or region of the county, see our rankings by location. On top of that, you can visit our other rankings for early childhood education.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Early Childhood Education in Maryland

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Child development Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

Towson University
Towson, MD

63 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In MD

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You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Towson University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public university with a very large student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in early childhood education in Maryland.

There were approximately 63 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Towson in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Towson University

2

Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD

48 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In MD

Salisbury University is a popular option for students interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Located in the small suburb of Salisbury, Salisbury is a public university with a medium-sized student population. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in early childhood education in Maryland.

There were about 48 early childhood education individuals who graduated with this degree at Salisbury in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Salisbury University

3

Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD

42 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#3 Best Quality In MD

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Frostburg State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Frostburg State is a small public university located in the small suburb of Frostburg. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #3 in quality for bachelor's degrees in early childhood education in Maryland.

There were approximately 42 early childhood education individuals who graduated with this degree at Frostburg State in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Frostburg State University

4

Coppin State University
Baltimore, MD

18 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#5 Best Quality In MD

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Coppin State University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Coppin is a small public university located in the city of Baltimore. You also may be intersted to know that the school ranks #5 in quality for bachelor's degrees in early childhood education in Maryland.

There were about 18 early childhood education individuals who graduated with this degree at Coppin in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Coppin State University

5

Washington Adventist University
Takoma Park, MD

9 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

Located in the suburb of Takoma Park, Washington Adventist University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly small student population.

There were approximately 9 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Washington Adventist University in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Washington Adventist University

6

Hood College
Frederick, MD

4 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#4 Best Quality In MD

Hood is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Frederick. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #4 in quality for bachelor's degrees in early childhood education in Maryland.

There were about 4 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Hood in the most recent data year.

More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Hood College

7

Goucher College
Baltimore, MD

Goucher is a small private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Baltimore. More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Goucher College

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	683	1,197
New York	681	254
New Jersey	332	63
District of Columbia	234	8
Delaware	201	36

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Early Childhood Education Related Rankings by Major

One of 11 majors within the Teacher Education Grade Specific area of study, Early Childhood Education has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	389
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	49
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching	24
Secondary Education	23
Teacher Education	8

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Vgrigas. More about our data sources and methodologies.