2025 Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut

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 reviewed 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for bachelor's degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 114 bachelor's degrees in early childhood education during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 full 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.

More Ways to Rank Early Childhood Education Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Connecticut ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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

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

Top Connecticut Schools for a Bachelor's in Child development

1

Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT

10 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood education needs to take a look at Central Connecticut State University. CCSU is a moderately-sized public university located in the large suburb of New Britain.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Central Connecticut State University

2

Southern Connecticut State University
New Haven, CT

39 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in early childhood education has to look into Southern Connecticut State University. Located in the city of New Haven, SCSU is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Southern Connecticut State University

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the New England Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	421
Rhode Island	307	48
Vermont	289	33
Maine	281	44
New Hampshire	276	45

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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	153
Secondary Education	25
Montessori Teacher Education	3

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.