Early Childhood Education at Northern New Mexico 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 Northern New Mexico College stacks up to those at other schools.

Northern New Mexico College is located in Espanola, New Mexico and approximately 1,234 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 14 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Northern New Mexico College.

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.

Northern New Mexico College Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Northern New Mexico College Early Childhood Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Northern New Mexico College performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Northern New Mexico College 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 Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	35
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	52
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	214
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	238
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	389

Child development Student Demographics at Northern New Mexico College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Northern New Mexico College.

Northern New Mexico College Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Northern New Mexico College does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 56% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Northern New Mexico College Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Northern New Mexico College. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 49% 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 Northern New Mexico College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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

Related Majors

• Elementary Education

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 NM, the home state for Northern New Mexico College.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Preschool Teachers	2,490	$34,100
Kindergarten Teachers	1,160	$53,780

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By JerryFriedman under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.