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Early Childhood Education at Kennebec Valley Community 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 Kennebec Valley Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

Kennebec Valley Community College is located in Fairfield, Maine and approximately 2,297 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.

Kennebec Valley Community College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Child development

Online Classes Are Available at Kennebec Valley Community 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.

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

  • Associate’s Degree

Kennebec Valley Community College Early Childhood Education Rankings

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.

Child development Student Demographics at Kennebec Valley Community College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Kennebec Valley Community College.

Kennebec Valley Community College Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

96% Women
7% 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.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at Kennebec Valley Community College 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 Kennebec Valley Community College with a associate's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 25
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 ME, the home state for Kennebec Valley Community College.

Occupation Jobs in ME Average Salary in ME
Preschool Teachers 1,420 $35,560
Kindergarten Teachers 1,120 $52,710

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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