Early Childhood Education Careers

Graduates are working in a variety of child care settings including:

• head-start classes
• franchised child care centers
• public and private child care centers
• preschools
• public schools as paraeducators
• home child care providers
• nannies

Placement

Starting Wages: $17,500 - $24,000 per year*

Iowa has one of the nation's highest rates of working mothers, so the demand for skilled individuals to care for and educate children is very high.

*Source: Iowa Workforce Development

Employers