2025 Best Early Childhood Education Schools in Minnesota
8Colleges in Minnesota
698Child 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 8 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of early childhood education. Combined, these schools handed out 698 degrees in early childhood education to qualified students.
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.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood Education in Minnesota
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.
It is difficult to beat University of Minnesota - Twin Cities if you want to pursue a degree in early childhood education. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #45 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UMN Twin Cities is a great university overall.
There were about 28 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at UMN Twin Cities in the most recent year we have data available.
Winona State University is a great choice for students interested in a degree in early childhood education. Winona State is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Winona. A Best Colleges rank of #330 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Winona State is a great university overall.
There were roughly 11 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Winona State in the most recent data year.
Martin Luther College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in early childhood education. Located in the distant town of New Ulm, MLC is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly small student population.
There were roughly 15 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at MLC in the most recent data year.
Minnesota State University - Moorhead is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a degree in early childhood education. MSU Moorhead is a small public university located in the medium-sized suburb of Moorhead. This university ranks 30th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were about 19 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at MSU Moorhead in the most recent year we have data available.
St. Cloud State University is a large public university located in the city of Saint Cloud. This university ranks 33rd out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were approximately 11 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at St. Cloud State University in the most recent year we have data available.
Concordia University, Saint Paul is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit university located in the city of Saint Paul. This university ranks 45th out of 52 schools for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 35 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Concordia University, Saint Paul in the most recent data year.
Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a medium-sized private for-profit university located in the small city of St. Cloud. A Best Colleges rank of #129 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Rasmussen University - Minnesota is a great university overall.
There were about 117 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Rasmussen University - Minnesota in the most recent data year.
Southwest Minnesota State University is a medium-sized public university located in the town of Marshall. This university ranks 47th out of 52 colleges for overall quality in the state of Minnesota.
There were roughly 19 early childhood education students who graduated with this degree at Southwest Minnesota State University 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.
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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. 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.
