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Most Popular Schools for Child Care Provider/Assistant Major & Degree Program

A program that prepares individuals to be primary providers of home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Includes instruction in child growth and development, nutrition, recreation, planning and supervision of play and learning activities, child abuse and neglect prevention, parent-child relationships, and applicable legal and administrative requirements.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 Rio Hondo College 1,082 26% $3,124
2 Santa Ana College 550 4% $3,076
3 College of the Sequoias 464 19% $3,307
4 Bakersfield College 383 10% $3,179
5 Merritt College 359 34% $3,172
6 Polk State College 286 10% $5,366
7 Reedley College 282 14% $11,802
8 Modesto Junior College 265 9% $3,082
9 Central New Mexico Community College 261 3% $3,066
10 MiraCosta College 261 7% $3,252
11 Los Angeles Pierce College 255 6% $3,137
12 Los Angeles Mission College 248 11% $3,137
13 Tidewater Community College 244 6% $7,061
14 Diablo Valley College 233 6% $3,230
15 Jefferson Community and Technical College 233 6% $5,328
16 East Los Angeles College 232 4% $3,137
17 Hinds Community College 228 6% $11,466
18 Moorpark College 214 4% $3,179
19 Los Angeles City College 201 8% $3,137
20 Riverside City College 198 6% $3,338
21 Northern Virginia Community College 197 3% $7,410
22 Fresno City College 196 8% $3,204
23 Los Angeles Trade Technical College 190 9% $3,137
24 Southern Crescent Technical College 180 6% $5,842
25 Santa Monica College 179 3% $2,888
26 El Camino Community College District 176 4% $3,064
27 Chattahoochee Technical College 174 5% $3,866
28 Citrus College 170 3% $2,981
29 West Hills College-Lemoore 168 18% $3,298
30 Los Medanos College 167 6% $3,230
31 Central Georgia Technical College 166 3% $4,378
32 San Diego Miramar College 162 8% $2,998
33 Butte College 160 6% $3,286
34 Brewster Technical College 156 58% N/A
35 Norco College 151 7% $3,338
36 Los Angeles Valley College 150 6% $3,137
37 Palm Beach State College 148 2% $4,244
38 Chabot College 147 9% $3,059
39 Long Beach City College 147 6% $3,091
40 West Kentucky Community and Technical College 144 4% $5,248
41 Santa Rosa Junior College 144 3% $3,246
42 Georgia Piedmont Technical College 143 6% $4,904
43 City College of San Francisco 139 5% $3,613
44 Broward College 137 1% $5,834
45 American River College 136 2% $2,958
46 Taft College 135 21% $12,644
47 Hazard Community and Technical College 135 10% $5,248
48 West Hills College-Coalinga 132 18% $14,515
49 Saddleback College 130 3% $3,246
50 American Public University System 125 1% $6,880
51 Arapahoe Community College 124 7% $5,918
52 Georgia Northwestern Technical College 124 4% $4,298
53 Somerset Community College 119 4% $5,248
54 Eastern Florida State College 116 3% $4,096
55 Folsom Lake College 116 7% $2,958
56 Cabrillo College 115 6% $3,016
57 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College 113 3% $12,120
58 Northcentral Technical College 112 5% $16,142
59 Santa Barbara City College 109 3% $3,054
60 Las Positas College 108 11% $3,051
61 Cerritos College 107 3% $3,200
62 San Diego City College 106 6% $2,998
63 San Joaquin Delta College 105 3% $3,205
64 Lanier Technical College 103 5% $4,436
65 West Georgia Technical College 96 4% $4,085
66 Canada College 95 10% $3,214
67 Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg 94 18% N/A
68 College of Lake County 91 3% $5,124
69 Morton College 90 14% $5,972
70 Gwinnett Technical College 90 3% $4,722
71 Seminole State College of Florida 89 2% $4,561
72 Cosumnes River College 88 5% $2,958
73 De Anza College 87 3% $3,478
74 San Jose City College 86 7% $3,212
75 Ventura College 86 2% $3,179
76 Albany Technical College 84 4% $3,512
77 Pasadena City College 84 1% $3,084
78 Mt San Antonio College 82 2% $3,267
79 Harcum College 78 18% $38,395
80 Sierra College 78 2% $13,864
81 Ozarks Technical Community College 78 3% $4,192
82 Irvine Valley College 77 2% $3,059
83 Columbus State Community College 77 1% $5,813
84 Southwestern College 77 3% $3,255
85 Wiregrass Georgia Technical College 76 4% $4,070
86 Carl Albert State College 75 15% $13,116
87 Gateway Community and Technical College 72 3% $5,328
88 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College 71 4% $6,598
89 Moreno Valley College 70 3% $3,338
90 Athens Technical College 69 4% $3,698
91 Des Moines Area Community College 69 2% $14,992
92 City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College 67 10% $5,404
93 Midlands Technical College 65 3% $6,150
94 Palomar College 65 1% $3,256
95 Washtenaw Community College 65 2% $3,528
96 Saint Louis Community College 65 3% $4,315
97 Bluegrass Community and Technical College 64 2% $5,328
98 Los Angeles Southwest College 63 6% $3,137
99 City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College 62 5% $5,404
100 Northshore Technical Community College 61 5% $5,323

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Child Care Provider/Assistant program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.