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Early Childhood Education at Passaic County Community College

Early Childhood Education at Passaic County Community College

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

PCCC is located in Paterson, New Jersey and approximately 5,549 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.

PCCC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at PCCC

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

For those who are interested in distance learning, PCCC does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree

PCCC Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at PCCC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Passaic County Community College.

PCCC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

100% Women
79% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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PCCC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Passaic County Community College with a associate's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 12
White 3
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 NJ, the home state for Passaic County Community College.

Occupation Jobs in NJ Average Salary in NJ
Preschool Teachers 15,820 $40,880
Kindergarten Teachers 5,120 $67,400

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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