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Early Childhood Education at Yakima Valley College

Early Childhood Education at Yakima Valley College

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

YVC is located in Yakima, Washington and approximately 3,954 students attend the school each year.

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.

YVC 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

YVC Early Childhood Education Rankings

The child development major at YVC 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.

Child development Student Demographics at YVC

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

YVC Early Childhood Education Associate’s Program

100% Women
87% 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.

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YVC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 41% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 2
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 5

YVC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

86% Women
78% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 86% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 4% men. So male students are more repesented at YVC since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 32% 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 Yakima Valley College with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 29
White 7
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 WA, the home state for Yakima Valley College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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