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Early Childhood Education at Delaware County Community College

Early Childhood Education at Delaware County Community College

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what Delaware County Community College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Delaware County Community College is located in Media, Pennsylvania and approximately 9,989 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.

Delaware County Community College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Undergrad Certificate in Child development (1 - 4 Years)
  • Associate’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Delaware County Community 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, Delaware County Community College does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

Delaware County Community College Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at Delaware County Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Delaware County Community College.

Delaware County Community College Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

97% Women
41% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 3% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 97% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at Delaware County Community College are white. Around 55% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 15
Hispanic or Latino 9
White 32
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 PA, the home state for Delaware County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Preschool Teachers 13,480 $29,250
Kindergarten Teachers 3,350 $62,510

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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