Early Childhood Education at Highline College
If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Highline College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.Highline is located in Des Moines, Washington and has a total student population of 5,829.
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.
Highline Early Childhood Education Degrees Available
- Basic Certificate in Child development (Less Than 1 Year)
- Undergrad Certificate in Child development (1 - 4 Years)
- Associate’s Degree in Child development
- Bachelor’s Degree in Child development
Highline Early Childhood Education Rankings
The child development major at Highline is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.
Child development Student Demographics at Highline
Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Highline College.
Highline Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program
Highline does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 36% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a associate's in child development.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 3 |
Black or African American | 10 |
Hispanic or Latino | 5 |
White | 3 |
International Students | 1 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 0 |
Highline Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program
Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 29% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*
The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Highline College with a bachelor's in child development.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
---|---|
Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 2 |
White | 2 |
International Students | 0 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 2 |
Related Majors
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 WA, the home state for Highline College.
Occupation | Jobs in WA | Average Salary in WA |
---|---|---|
Preschool Teachers | 11,050 | $32,960 |
Kindergarten Teachers | 7,870 | $62,330 |
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.