Education at Diablo Valley College

Every education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the education program at Diablo Valley College stacks up to those at other schools.

Diablo Valley is located in Pleasant Hill, California and has a total student population of 18,693.

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

Diablo Valley Education Degrees Available

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

Diablo Valley Education Rankings

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Education Student Demographics at Diablo Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the education majors at Diablo Valley College.

Diablo Valley Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of education associate's degrees went to men and 67% went to women.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in education at Diablo Valley are white. Around 67% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree. Diablo Valley does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in education graduates 3% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Diablo Valley College with a associate's in education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Concentrations Within Education

If you plan to be a education major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Diablo Valley College. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Special Education	3

Related Majors

• Library Science
• Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies
• History
• Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
• Communication & Journalism

Careers That Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in education can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for CA, the home state for Diablo Valley College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Teacher Assistants	167,950	$35,350
Elementary School Teachers	162,440	$80,100
High School Teachers	112,960	$80,510
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Middle School Teachers	46,500	$75,660

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.