Early Childhood Education at Central Texas College

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Central Texas College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Central Texas College is located in Killeen, Texas and approximately 10,173 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Early Childhood Education section at the bottom of this page.

Central Texas College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Central Texas College

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, Central Texas College does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Central Texas College Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at Central Texas College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Central Texas College.

Central Texas College Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

90% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 10% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 90% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in child development only graduates about 4% men each year. The program at Central Texas College may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 7% more women than average.

Central Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Central Texas College with a associate's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Careers That Child development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for TX, the home state for Central Texas College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960
Kindergarten Teachers	15,050	$54,780

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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