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Child Development & Family Studies at Suffolk County Community College

If you plan to study Child Development & Family Studies, you may want to check out the program at Suffolk County Community College. Get started with the following essential facts.

Suffolk County Community College is in Selden, NY.

In the most recent year for which we have data, 34 child development & family studies degrees were awarded at Suffolk County Community College.

Online & Distance Learning at Suffolk County Community College

Online coursework is an option at Suffolk County Community College. Of 19,973 students, 1,949 (10%) studied exclusively online and 5,908 (30%) took at least some classes online.

Student Demographics & Diversity

Below you’ll find the student demographics for Child Development & Family Studies graduates at Suffolk County Community College, broken down by degree level.

Looking at the program as a whole, Child Development & Family Studies graduates at Suffolk County Community College are 94% women (32) and 6% men (2).

Child Development & Family Studies Associate’s Program at Suffolk County Community College

Of the 34 associate’s child development & family studies graduates at Suffolk County Community College, 94% were women (32) and 6% were men (2).

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity of Child Development & Family Studies associate’s degree recipients at Suffolk County Community College.

Race / Ethnicity	Number of Graduates
White	19
Hispanic / Latino	9
Black / African American	4
Asian	1
Two or More Races	1

Minority students account for 44% of Child Development & Family Studies associate’s degree recipients at Suffolk County Community College, below the national average of 63%.*

*The racial-ethnic minorities figure is the total number of graduates minus White, international (nonresident), and unknown-race graduates.

More Specific Child Development & Family Studies Concentrations at Suffolk County Community College

This Child Development & Family Studies program at Suffolk County Community College includes the following sub-specializations:

Concentration	Graduates
Child Care Management	34

Top-Paying Careers for Child Development & Family Studies Graduates

Students who finish Child Development & Family Studies program at Suffolk County Community College work across a variety of fields. Here are the highest-paying careers for Child Development & Family Studies majors, ordered by median annual salary:

Occupation	Nationwide Median Wage
Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers, Postsecondary	$99,604
Teaching Assistants, Special Education	$96,801
Teaching Assistants, Preschool, Elementary, Middle, and Secondary School, Except Special Education	$89,337
Neuropsychologists	$83,690
Community and Social Service Specialists, All Other	$75,358
Psychologists, All Other	$73,521
Social and Human Service Assistants	$69,957
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education	$63,776
Clinical Neuropsychologists	$57,643
Farm and Home Management Educators	$55,950

References

• IPEDS — Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
• U.S. Department of Education — College Scorecard
• O*NET Online (Bureau of Labor Statistics)
• National Center for Education Statistics

More about our data sources and methodologies.