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2025 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Delaware

4 Colleges in Delaware
71 Child 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.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Delaware ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 71 degrees in early childhood education annually.

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Choosing a Great Early Childhood Education School

Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Delaware Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. 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.

You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.

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Associate Degrees in Child development
Bachelor's Degrees in Child development
Master's Degrees in Child development

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 Schools in Delaware list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Delaware

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.

Top Delaware Schools in Child development

1
Master's Degree Highest Degree Type
1st Most Popular In DE
43 Child development Degrees Awarded

University of Delaware is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in early childhood education. UD is a very large public university located in the suburb of Newark. A Best Colleges rank of #96 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UD is a great university overall.

There were about 43 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UD in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from University of Delaware

2
Wilmington University crest
Wilmington University
New Castle, DE

Any student who is interested in early childhood education needs to take a look at Wilmington University. Located in the suburb of New Castle, Wilmington University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. This university ranks 3rd out of 3 colleges for overall quality in the state of Delaware.More information about a degree in early childhood education from Wilmington University

3
Associate Degree Highest Degree Type
3rd Most Popular In DE
83.3% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in early childhood education has to check out Delaware Technical Community College - Terry. Delaware Tech is a fairly large public college located in the city of Dover. A Best Colleges rank of #478 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Delaware Tech is a great college overall.

There were about 12 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Delaware Tech in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Delaware Technical Community College - Terry

4
Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
2nd Most Popular In DE

Delaware State University is a great decision for students interested in a degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Dover, Del State is a public university with a medium-sized student population. This university ranks 1409th out of 2,152 schools for overall quality nationwide.

There were roughly 2 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Del State in the most recent year we have data available.

More information about a degree in early childhood education from Delaware State University

Best Early Childhood Education Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
New York 1,026 900
Pennsylvania 978 1,644
Maryland 618 485
New Jersey 614 150
District of Columbia 441 28

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Elementary Education 367
Kindergarten/Preschool Education & Teaching 32
Secondary Education 10
Junior High/Intermediate/Middle School Education & Teaching 3
Teacher Education 2

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