Early Childhood Education at Salish Kootenai College

If you are interested in studying early childhood education, you may want to check out the program at Salish Kootenai College. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SKC is located in Pablo, Montana and approximately 716 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 5 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from SKC.

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.

SKC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

SKC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at SKC 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 SKC 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 Associate Degree Schools	55
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	101
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	109
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	255
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	347
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	546

Child development Student Demographics at SKC

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

SKC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

SKC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 39% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	1
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

SKC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from SKC in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 36% 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 Salish Kootenai College with a bachelor's in child development.

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

SKC 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 MT, the home state for Salish Kootenai College.

Occupation	Jobs in MT	Average Salary in MT
Preschool Teachers	910	$31,160
Kindergarten Teachers	490	$52,730

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 Djembayz under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.