Child Care Provider/Assistant at Merced College

If you are interested in studying child care provider/assistant, you may want to check out the program at Merced College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Merced Community College District is located in Merced, California and has a total student population of 10,645.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Child Care Provider/Assistant section at the bottom of this page.

Merced Community College District Child Care Provider/Assistant Degrees Available

Undergrad Certificate in Child Care Provider/Assistant (1 - 4 Years)
Associate’s Degree in Child Care Provider/Assistant

Merced Community College District Child Care Provider/Assistant Rankings

Child Care Provider/Assistant Student Demographics at Merced Community College District

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child care provider/assistant majors at Merced College.

Merced Community College District Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate’s Program

94% Women

92% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 6% of child care provider/assistant associate's degrees went to men and 94% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in child care provider/assistant only graduates about 4% men each year. The program at Merced Community College District may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 2% more women than average.

Merced Community College District does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child care provider/assistant graduates 26% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Merced College with a associate's in child care provider/assistant.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	50
White	3
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Careers That Child Care Provider/Assistant Grads May Go Into

A degree in child care provider/assistant 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 Merced College.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Childcare Workers	60,460	$28,630

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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