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. Of the 33 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Yakima Valley College in 2021, 33 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.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at YVC 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools	9
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Basic Certificate Schools	19
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Schools	21
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Schools	42
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	85
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	94
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Undergraduate Certificate Schools	103
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	104
Most Popular Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	131
Most Focused Early Childhood Education Associate Degree Schools	192

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

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

YVC does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 13% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	5
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

YVC Early Childhood Education Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 33 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from YVC. About 9% were men and 91% were 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 5% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 4% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	14
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

YVC 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 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online

More about our data sources and methodologies.