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Early Childhood Education at Miami Dade College

Early Childhood Education at Miami Dade College

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Miami Dade College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

MDC is located in Miami, Florida and has a total student population of 46,523.

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.

MDC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Child development (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Associate’s Degree in Child development
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

MDC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at MDC 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.

Child development Student Demographics at MDC

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

MDC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

100% Women
83% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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MDC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 37% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 8
White 0
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

MDC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

89% Women
89% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 11% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 89% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at MDC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 43% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 0
International Students 1
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 FL, the home state for Miami Dade 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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