2025 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Arkansas
4Colleges in Arkansas
351Child development Degrees Awarded
Early Childhood Education is of the hottest degree programs in the United States, coming in as the #34 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 4 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 351 degrees in early childhood education annually.
Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
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 Arkansas.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Arkansas
If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the child development degrees they offer, see the list below.
Arkansas State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in early childhood education. A-State is a large public university located in the city of Jonesboro. A Best Colleges rank of #753 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means A-State is a great university overall.
There were about 99 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at A-State in the most recent data year.
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Southern Arkansas University Main Campus is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Magnolia. This university ranks 15th out of 36 colleges for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were approximately 43 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Southern Arkansas University Main Campus in the most recent data year.
University of Arkansas - Fort Smith is a wonderful decision for students interested in a degree in early childhood education. UAFS is a medium-sized public university located in the small city of Fort Smith. A Best Colleges rank of #1696 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UAFS is a great university overall.
There were approximately 40 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UAFS in the most recent data year.
It's difficult to beat Arkansas State University - Beebe if you wish to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Located in the fringe town of Beebe, ASU-Beebe is a public university with a small student population. This university ranks 31st out of 36 schools for overall quality in the state of Arkansas.
There were about 21 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at ASU-Beebe in the most recent year we have data available.
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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Your choice of early childhood education school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Early Childhood Education School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
