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Early Childhood Education at Florida Gateway College

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Early Childhood Education at Florida Gateway College

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

FGC is located in Lake City, Florida and has a total student population of 3,018. Of the 23 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Florida Gateway College in 2021, 23 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

FGC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Child development
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at FGC

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.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? FGC offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

  • Associate’s Degree
  • Bachelor’s Degree

FGC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at FGC compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at FGC is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Early Childhood Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type Rank
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 18
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools 31
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools 31
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 125
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools 141
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools 149
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools 190
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools 220
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools 232

Child development Student Demographics at FGC

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

FGC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

92% Women
54% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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FGC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 6
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

FGC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

100% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 23 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from FGC, about 0% were men and 100% were women.

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About 78% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at FGC are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 18
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

FGC also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 FL, the home state for Florida Gateway College.

Occupation Jobs in FL Average Salary in FL
Preschool Teachers 25,940 $27,990
Kindergarten Teachers 10,680 $50,400

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.

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