2025 Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Early Childhood Education is of the hottest bachelor's degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #32 most popular major in the country. This means there are lots of options to choose from when you decide to get your degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 85 bachelor's degrees in early childhood education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on early childhood education students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of early childhood education students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized early childhood education related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for early childhood education students working on their bachelor's degree.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Early Childhood Education in New Jersey

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood education.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Bachelor's in Child development

1

The College of New Jersey
Ewing, NJ

15 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat The College of New Jersey if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. TCNJ is a medium-sized public college located in the large suburb of Ewing.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from The College of New Jersey

2

William Paterson University of New Jersey
Wayne, NJ

Graduate Certificate Highest Degree Type

18 Annual Graduates

William Paterson University of New Jersey is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Located in the suburb of Wayne, William Paterson University is a public university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from William Paterson University of New Jersey

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	284
Pennsylvania	698	1,240
Maryland	370	192
District of Columbia	226	12
Delaware	224	54

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child development

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

Most Popular Majors Related to Child development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	634
Secondary Education	55
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching	45
Teacher Education	26

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).
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