Baltimore, MD (population: 632,410) has two childhood education schools within its city limits. Coppin State University, the highest ranked school in the city with a childhood education program, has a total student population of 3,801. It is the 4644th highest ranked school in the USA and the 59th highest in the state of Maryland (#1 is Johns Hopkins University). To learn more about childhood education programs in Baltimore, ratemyprofessors.com has reviews of childhood education professors at Coppin State University such as Theresa Harris, Delores Harvey, and Kim Yanghee.
Childhood Education students from Baltimore schools who go on to become childhood educators, preschool teachers, kindergarten teachers, special education teachers, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 181,810 people working as kindergarten teachers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $50,380. Also, Preschool teachers make on average $27,450 per year and there are about 389,660 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Baltimore-Towson area alone, there are 3,370 employed preschool teachers earning an average salary of $28,960. Kindergarten teachers in this area earn $38,890/yr and there are 2,600 employed.
Baltimore lies in Baltimore county, which is one of the 16 counties in Maryland. Overall, the Baltimore-Towson area has 1,259,140 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1.2% unemployment rate, $23.40/hr average worker wage, and a $48,670 average annual salary. Thus, about 2.063 out of every 1000 jobs in Baltimore are held by kindergarten teachers, and 2.675/1000 are held by preschool teachers.
Of the 2 childhood education schools in Baltimore, only 1 has a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Coppin State University comes out as the most expensive ($7,145/yr) for childhood education students, with The Community College of Baltimore County as the lowest, reported at only $5,035/yr.
| Name | State | Population | # of Schools | Avg School Rank | Total Programs | Distance from Baltimore |
| Dundalk | MD | 66,755 | 0 | - | 0 | 6.2 miles |
| Towson | MD | 55,491 | 3 | 39.9767 | 128 | 6.9 miles |
| Linthicum | MD | - | 1 | 23.7302 | 4 | 7.0 miles |
| Catonsville | MD | 43,590 | 0 | - | 0 | 7.5 miles |
| Severn | MD | 47,939 | 0 | - | 0 | 11.9 miles |
| Ellicott City | MD | 73,232 | 0 | - | 0 | 12.0 miles |
| Owings Mills | MD | - | 2 | 12.2029 | 18 | 12.3 miles |
| Arnold | MD | - | 2 | 15.7612 | 101 | 19.4 miles |
| Annapolis | MD | - | 2 | 37.2711 | 28 | 23.1 miles |
| Bowie | MD | 52,071 | 1 | 51.6519 | 53 | 24.5 miles |
| Lanham | MD | - | 1 | 24.0199 | 10 | 26.7 miles |
| Olney | MD | 41,213 | 1 | 14.4703 | 35 | 27.2 miles |
| Adelphi | MD | - | 1 | 12.6602 | 95 | 28.3 miles |
| Aspen Hill | MD | 53,748 | 0 | - | 0 | 29.1 miles |
| Takoma Park | MD | - | 1 | 13.9013 | 66 | 30.8 miles |
| Montgomery Village | MD | 43,313 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.2 miles |
| Rockville | MD | 63,567 | 2 | 20.9627 | 85 | 32.7 miles |
| North Bethesda | MD | 48,357 | 0 | - | 0 | 32.7 miles |
| Capitol Heights | MD | - | 1 | 32.1418 | 6 | 33.1 miles |
| Gaithersburg | MD | 59,755 | 2 | 35.5602 | 8 | 34.5 miles |
| Bethesda | MD | 59,221 | 1 | 7.29955 | 10 | 34.8 miles |
| Germantown | MD | 71,619 | 0 | - | 0 | 35.8 miles |
| Potomac | MD | 42,836 | 0 | - | 0 | 36.7 miles |
| McLean | VA | - | 1 | 24.682 | 8 | 39.6 miles |
| North East | MD | - | 1 | 7.7142 | 47 | 41.3 miles |
| Falls Church | VA | - | 1 | 13.4471 | 18 | 41.7 miles |
| Alexandria | VA | 147,786 | 6 | 19.205 | 130 | 42.0 miles |
| Frederick | MD | 59,727 | 2 | 38.8415 | 121 | 44.2 miles |
| Annandale | VA | 60,438 | 3 | 18.9314 | 107 | 45.8 miles |
| York | PA | - | 10 | 26.4605 | 240 | 46.3 miles |