Early Childhood Education at Southern Maine 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 Southern Maine Community College stacks up to those at other schools.

SMCC is located in South Portland, Maine and has a total student population of 5,789.

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.

SMCC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

Associate’s Degree in Child development

SMCC Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at SMCC

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

SMCC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

100% Women

18% 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.

The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at SMCC are white. Around 82% 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 Southern Maine Community College with a associate's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	14
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 Southern Maine 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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