Early Childhood Education at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College

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

Southwest Tech is located in Fennimore, Wisconsin and has a total student population of 2,581.

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.

Southwest Tech Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Southwest Tech

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, Southwest Tech does offer online courses in child development for the following degree levels:

Associate’s Degree

Southwest Tech Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at Southwest Tech

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Southwest Wisconsin Technical College.

Southwest Tech Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

87% Women

7% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 87% went to women. The typical associate's degree program in child development only graduates about 4% men each year. The program at Southwest Tech may seem more male-friendly since it graduates 10% more women than average.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at Southwest Tech are white. Around 93% fell into this category, which is below average for this degree.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	14
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 WI, the home state for Southwest Wisconsin Technical College.

Occupation	Jobs in WI	Average Salary in WI
Preschool Teachers	10,180	$26,550
Kindergarten Teachers	1,630	$57,340

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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