Early Childhood Education at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom

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

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom is located in Lakewood, Washington and approximately 8,329 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 33 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom.

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.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

• Basic Certificate in Child development (Less Than 1 Year)
• Undergrad Certificate in Child development (1 - 4 Years)
• Associate’s Degree in Child development
• Bachelor’s Degree in Child development

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom 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 Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	64
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools	92
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	96
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	114
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools	132
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	148
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	176
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	186
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	207

Child development Student Demographics at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 4% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 96% went to women.

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 14% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	11
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom. About 94% of these graduates were women and the other 6% were men. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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 Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 WA, the home state for Pierce College-Fort Steilacoom.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Preschool Teachers	11,050	$32,960
Kindergarten Teachers	7,870	$62,330

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.