Child Care Provider/Assistant at Santa Monica College

If you plan to study child care provider/assistant, take a look at what Santa Monica College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SMC is located in Santa Monica, California and approximately 25,948 students attend the school each year.

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.

SMC Child Care Provider/Assistant Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at SMC

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? SMC offers distance education options for child care provider/assistant at the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

SMC Child Care Provider/Assistant Rankings

Child Care Provider/Assistant Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Child Care Provider/Assistant Associate’s Program

91% Women

87% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of child care provider/assistant associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in child care provider/assistant only graduates about 4% men each year. The program at SMC may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 5% more women than average.

SMC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child care provider/assistant graduates 21% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	57
White	6
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

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 Santa Monica 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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