Online early childhood program among nation's best

15 Jun 2018     By Katie Ballue

BestColleges.com has rated the Bachelor’s in Early Childhood Education in a Mobile Society online program in the Department of Child, Youth, and Family Studies as one of the best in the nation for 2018.

The rating system covers many criteria, including number of credit hours, cost, graduation rate, location, application requirements, and more. The University of Nebraska–Lincoln’s program ranks fifth in the nation for online early childhood education undergraduate programs. BestColleges.com partners with HigherEducation.com to provide students with resources and information and focuses on online programs, recognizing the rising desire and need for online education.

The Early Childhood Education in a Mobile Society is an innovative undergraduate program that targets people that are interested in becoming a profession in the field of early childhood education, but are not local or that have a mobile lifestyle, such as those in the military, that are immigrants, homeless, or traveling professionals. The program is part of the Great Plains Consortium of Universities (Great Plains IDEA) and prepares students to work in an early childhood setting.