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Early Childhood Education at Southwestern Michigan College

Early Childhood Education at Southwestern Michigan College

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

SMC is located in Dowagiac, Michigan and has a total student population of 1,759.

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.

SMC Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

  • Associate’s Degree in Child development

SMC Early Childhood Education Rankings

Child development Student Demographics at SMC

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

SMC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

92% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 8% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 92% went to women.

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The majority of those who receive an associate's degree in child development at SMC are white. Around 62% 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 Southwestern Michigan College with a associate's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 8
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

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 MI, the home state for Southwestern Michigan College.

Occupation Jobs in MI Average Salary in MI
Preschool Teachers 9,270 $35,010
Kindergarten Teachers 1,450 $59,140

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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