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Child Care Provider at Merritt College

If you plan to study Child Care Provider, consider the program at Merritt College. We’ve gathered the following information to help you decide.

Merritt College is in Oakland, CA.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 244 child care provider degrees were awarded at Merritt College.

Studying Online at Merritt College

Online coursework is an option at Merritt College. Among 7,022 students, 3,355 (48%) were enrolled entirely in distance education and 1,595 (23%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

The following sections describe the composition of Child Care Provider graduates at Merritt College, broken down by degree level.

Program-wide, Child Care Provider graduates at Merritt College are 96% women (235) and 4% men (9).

Child Care Provider Associate’s Program at Merritt College

Among the 43 associate’s child care provider graduates at Merritt College, 98% were women (42) and 2% were men (1).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Child Care Provider associate’s degree recipients at Merritt College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	6
Hispanic / Latino	11
Black / African American	3
Asian	16
Two or More Races	2
International (Nonresident)	2
Unknown	3

Racial-ethnic minorities make up 74% of Child Care Provider associate’s degree recipients at Merritt College, higher than the national average of 71%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

Best-Paid Careers for Child Care Provider Graduates

Students who finish Child Care Provider program at Merritt College work across a variety of fields. The table below ranks the best-paid careers for Child Care Provider majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Nannies	$55,232
Childcare Workers	$50,186

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.