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

Ranked #32 in popularity, early childhood education is one of the most sought-after bachelor's degree programs in the nation. So, there are lots of possibilities to explore when you're trying to determine where you want 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 Idaho ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 37 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 complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for early childhood education students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Early Childhood Education Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Early Childhood Education Bachelor's Degree Schools in Idaho list to help you make the college decision.

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

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for early childhood education students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Idaho Schools for a Bachelor's in Child development

1

Idaho State University
Pocatello, ID

2 Annual Graduates

Idaho State University is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Pocatello, ISU is a public university with a large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Idaho State University

2

Brigham Young University - Idaho
Rexburg, ID

Associate Degree Highest Degree Type

34 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood education has to look into Brigham Young University - Idaho. BYU - I is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the town of Rexburg.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood education from Brigham Young University - Idaho

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Utah	415	59
Colorado	316	165
Montana	212	59
Wyoming	95	0

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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.

Majors Similar to Child development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Elementary Education	284
Secondary Education	51
Teacher Development & Methodology	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).
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