Early Childhood Education at South Texas College

Every early childhood education school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at South Texas College stacks up to those at other schools.

South Texas College is located in McAllen, Texas and approximately 28,233 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.

South Texas College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at South Texas College

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, South Texas College does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

South Texas College Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at South Texas College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at South Texas College.

South Texas College Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

96% Women

98% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

South Texas College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 51% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	158
White	4
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 TX, the home state for South Texas College.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Preschool Teachers	34,790	$34,960
Kindergarten Teachers	15,050	$54,780

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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