2024 Best Early Childhood and Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

a bachelor's degree in early childhood and family studies is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #492 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Southeast Region to determine which ones were the best for early childhood and family studies students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 177 bachelor's degrees in early childhood and family studies during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to early childhood and family studies students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other early childhood and family studies students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized early childhood and family studies related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for early childhood and family studies students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 and Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Early Childhood and Family Studies in the Southeast Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in early childhood and family studies.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Early Childhood and Family Studies

1

The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL

31 Annual Graduates

The University of Alabama is a great choice for students interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood and family studies. UA is a very large public university located in the city of Tuscaloosa.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood and family studies from The University of Alabama

2

American Public University System
Charles Town, WV

142 Annual Graduates

American Public University System is a wonderful decision for students interested in a bachelor's degree in early childhood and family studies. American Military University is a very large private for-profit university located in the fringe town of Charles Town.More information about a bachelor’s in early childhood and family studies from American Public University System

Best Early Childhood and Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best early childhood and family studies schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Tennessee	460	4
Alabama	320	31
West Virginia	223	142

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Rankings in Majors Related to Early Childhood and Family Studies

Early Childhood and Family Studies is one of 10 different types of Human Development & Family Studies programs to choose from.

Most Popular Majors Related to Early Childhood and Family Studies

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	1,620
Child Development	335
Family & Community Services	245
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	185
Family Systems	124
Adult Development & Aging	27
Child Care Provider/Assistant	9
Child Care & Support Services Management	3

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.