2025 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Washington
9Colleges in Washington
2,442Child development Degrees Awarded
If you pursue a degree in early childhood education, you won't be alone. The field of study is the #34 most popular program in the country. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
College Factual reviewed 9 schools in Washington to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. Combined, these schools handed out 2,442 degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.
The child development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Early Childhood Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Early Childhood Education Rankings by Degree Level
The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Washington.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Washington
The schools below may not offer all types of child development degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Western Washington University is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Bellingham, WWU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #287 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means WWU is a great university overall.
There were roughly 26 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at WWU in the most recent year we have data available.
It is difficult to beat University of Washington - Seattle Campus if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. UW Seattle is a very large public university located in the city of Seattle. A Best Colleges rank of #44 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UW Seattle is a great university overall.
There were roughly 109 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UW Seattle in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Lake Washington Institute of Technology if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Located in the suburb of Kirkland, LWTech is a public school with a small student population. A Best Colleges rank of #370 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means LWTech is a great school overall.
There were roughly 253 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at LWTech in the most recent year we have data available.
Any student pursuing a degree in early childhood education has to look into Eastern Washington University. EWU is a large public university located in the town of Cheney. A Best Colleges rank of #904 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means EWU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 19 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at EWU in the most recent data year.
Spokane Falls Community College is a small public college located in the medium-sized city of Spokane. This college ranks 41st out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 165 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Spokane Falls Community College in the most recent year we have data available.
Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom is a medium-sized public college located in the city of Lakewood. This college ranks 26th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 76 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom in the most recent year we have data available.
North Seattle is a moderately-sized public college located in the city of Seattle. This college ranks 38th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 175 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at North Seattle in the most recent data year.
Located in the rural area of Aberdeen, GHC is a public college with a small student population. This college ranks 47th out of 50 schools for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were approximately 41 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at GHC in the most recent data year.
Located in the midsize city of Vancouver, Clark College is a public college with a medium-sized student population. This college ranks 34th out of 50 colleges for overall quality in the state of Washington.
There were about 19 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Clark College in the most recent data year.
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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The child development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Early Childhood Education rankings. We derive our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
