Early Childhood Education at Vanguard University of Southern California

If you plan to study early childhood education, take a look at what Vanguard University of Southern California has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Vanguard is located in Costa Mesa, California and approximately 2,289 students attend the school each year. Of the 31 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vanguard University of Southern California in 2021, 4 of them were early childhood education majors.

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.

Vanguard Early Childhood Education Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Vanguard

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Vanguard offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Vanguard Early Childhood Education Rankings

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

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 Vanguard 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 Online Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	21
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	29
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	65
Most Popular Online Early Childhood Education Schools	82
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	132
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	136
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	303
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	366
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	375
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	378
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	564
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	641

Child development Student Demographics at Vanguard

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Vanguard University of Southern California.

Vanguard 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.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Vanguard University of Southern California with a associate's in child development.

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

Vanguard Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 4 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Vanguard. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 56% 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 Vanguard University of Southern California with a bachelor's in child development.

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

Vanguard 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 CA, the home state for Vanguard University of Southern California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Preschool Teachers	52,950	$37,850
Kindergarten Teachers	11,580	$69,690

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.