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Basic Certificate in Early Childhood Education

Basic Certificates in Early Childhood Education

5,393 Yearly Graduations
97% Women
52% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In recent years, the majority of the students getting degrees in this area were female, and 52% were from an underrepresented racial-ethnic group. Also, 1.9% of child development graduates were international students.

Education Levels of Child development Majors

During the most recent year for which data is available, 5,393 people earned their basic certificate in child development. The following table shows the number of diplomas awarded in child development at each degree level.

Education Level Number of Grads
Bachelor’s Degree 12,709
Associate Degree 6,823
Basic Certificate 5,393
Master’s Degree 3,624
Undergraduate Certificate 1,926
Graduate Certificate 144
Doctor’s Degree 20

Earnings of Child development Majors With Basic Certificates

At this time, we do not have the data to estimate the median earnings for this class of people.

Student Debt

The data on debt ranges for child development majors who have their basic certificate is not available.

Student Diversity

More women than men pursue their basic certificate in child development. About 96.5% of graduates with this degree are female.

Gender Number of Grads
Men 188
Women 5,205
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The racial-ethnic distribution of child development basic certificate students is as follows:

Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 247
Black or African American 801
Hispanic or Latino 1,452
White 2,216
International Students 100
Other Races/Ethnicities 577
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Below are some popular majors that are similar to child development that offer basic certificates.

Major Annual Degrees Awarded
Kindergarten/Preschool Education 314
Teacher Education 240
Elementary Education 192
Secondary Education 141
Teacher Development & Methodology 58

References

*The racial-ethnic minority student 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 percentage of racial-ethnic minorities.

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