2025 Best Early Childhood and Family Studies Schools
3Colleges in the United States
285Early Childhood and Family Studies Degrees Awarded
Early Childhood and Family Studies isn't the most popular major in the world, but it's not the least popular either. To be more precise it ranks #741 in popularity out of 1506 majors in the country. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual reviewed 3 schools in the United States to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of early childhood and family studies. Combined, these schools handed out 285 degrees in early childhood and family studies to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Early Childhood and Family Studies School
Your choice of early childhood and family studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Early Childhood and Family Studies 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.
Early Childhood and Family Studies Rankings by Degree Level
The early childhood and family studies 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 and Family Studies Schools.
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Best Schools for Early Childhood and Family Studies in the United States
The schools below may not offer all types of early childhood and family studies degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
The University of Alabama is a great choice for students interested in a degree in early childhood and family studies. UA is a fairly large public university located in the medium-sized city of Tuscaloosa. A Best Colleges rank of #180 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means UA is a great university overall.
There were about 26 early childhood and family studies students who graduated with this degree at UA in the most recent data year.
137Early Childhood and Family Studies Degrees Awarded
Every student who is interested in early childhood and family studies has to check out American Public University System. Located in the fringe town of Charles Town, American Military University is a private for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 1st out of 25 schools for overall quality in the state of West Virginia.
There were roughly 137 early childhood and family studies students who graduated with this degree at American Military University in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in early childhood and family studies has to check out The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public university with a very large student population. This university ranks 30th out of 115 schools for overall quality in the state of Texas.
There were roughly 30 early childhood and family studies students who graduated with this degree at UT Rio Grande Valley 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).
Your choice of early childhood and family studies school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Early Childhood and Family Studies School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
