Early Childhood Education Careers

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

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

Placement

Graduate Job Placement: 100%
Starting Wages: $15,000 - $25,000 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.

Employers

• Allen Child Care Center - Waterloo, IA
• Community United Child Care Centers - Waterloo, IA
• Hawkeye Child Development Center - Waterloo, IA
• Tri-County Child & Family Development Council, Inc. - Waterloo, IA
• Waterloo Community Schools - Waterloo, IA
• Busy Bee Day Care - Plainfield, IA
• Cedar Terrace Learning Center - Waterloo, IA
• Cedar Valley Community Church - Waterloo, IA
• Grin and Grow - Waterloo, IA
• KinderKare - Cedar Rapids, IA
• Kuddles N Kids Academy - Waterloo, IA
• Little Rascals Playschool - Waterloo, IA
• Little Star Day Care - Aplington, IA
• Pied Piper - Traer, IA
• Westridge Community Child Care - Waterloo, IA
• YMCA - Waterloo, IA