Early Childhood Education at Passaic County Community College
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
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.
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 |
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 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.