2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Early Childhood Education in the Southeast Region

Early Childhood Education isn't the most popular doctorate program in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #384 in popularity out of 815 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.

College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the most popular for doctor's degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. Combined, these schools handed out 6 doctor's degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.

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

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

While being high in popularity does not always mean a school has a quality early childhood education program, it is a sign that a large number of students choose the school. This may be due to it being a great value, it offering a stellar educational experience, or the subject is a major focus of the school.

More Ways to Rank Early Childhood Education Schools

This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for early childhood education.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Early Childhood Education in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in early childhood education.

Most Well Attended Schools for Child development Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL

5 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In AL

#1 Best Quality In AL

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in early childhood education has to look into University of Alabama at Birmingham. UAB is a very large public university located in the midsize city of Birmingham. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in early childhood education in Alabama.

There were roughly 5 early childhood education individuals who graduated with this degree at UAB in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in early childhood education from University of Alabama at Birmingham

2

East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN

1 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Most Popular In TN

#1 Best Quality In TN

East Tennessee State University is one of the most popular schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in early childhood education. ETSU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Johnson City. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in early childhood education in Tennessee.

There were about 1 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at ETSU in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a doctorate in early childhood education from East Tennessee State University

3

University of South Carolina - Columbia
Columbia, SC

#1 Most Popular In SC

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of South Carolina - Columbia if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in early childhood education. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, UofSC is a public university with a fairly large student population. More information about a doctorate in early childhood education from University of South Carolina - Columbia

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges by State

Explore the most popular early childhood education colleges for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Georgia	190	1
Tennessee	142	4
South Carolina	130	1
Alabama	129	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child development

Early Childhood Education is one of 11 different types of Teacher Education Grade Specific programs to choose from.

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Adult & Continuing Education	24
Teacher Education	15
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	12
Elementary Education	11
Secondary Education	8
Teacher Development & Methodology	7

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.