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Early Childhood Education at Lower Columbia College

Early Childhood Education at Lower Columbia College

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

LCC is located in Longview, Washington and approximately 2,325 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.

LCC 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

LCC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at LCC 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 LCC

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

LCC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

93% Women
40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 7% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at LCC are white. Around 60% 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 Lower Columbia College with a associate's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 9
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

LCC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at LCC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at LCC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 35
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 WA, the home state for Lower Columbia 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.

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