Early Childhood Education
Chemeketa Community College
Public · Community college
Prepare for work supporting young children and families.
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What this route covers
The 90-credit associate combines preparation for early education with practical experience. It addresses work with children from birth through age eight.
Before you apply
Review the Early Childhood Education course map and have an advisor evaluate prior credits and placement before registering.
Your complete timeline
2 years · 90 credits. Prior credits, prerequisite placement and course availability can change your personal completion date.
Plan around the schedule
Coursework and practicum. Ask for the actual days, start times and required travel from Salem area · confirm course sites. Online coursework does not necessarily make laboratories or placements remote.
Application and selection
Use the official Early Childhood Education page to review the current entry checklist. Ask whether a separate department application, selection process or cohort start applies before committing to enrollment.
Details checked September 15, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
Which roles require additional licensing, and how can this degree transfer?
- Which required courses or placements are offered only once per year?
- Can you give me a written estimate covering every required term and practical expense?
- Which employment, transfer or licensing requirements remain after this award?
Published program length is not a personal completion estimate. Transfer credits, prerequisites, selection and course availability can change the timeline.
After the program
Early childhood certificates and associate routes can build teaching and practicum skills. Qualifications differ across private childcare, public preschool and other settings. Confirm the requirements for your intended employer.
Cost and outcomes
Published base; complete personal budget still needed
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Published tuition or budget base
Effective summer 2026, resident tuition is $111 per credit plus a $39 per-credit universal fee ($150 combined) for these undergraduate certificate/associate courses. Course-specific charges are additional.
Official tuition and cost information ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026
A tuition rate or annual allowance is not a complete program price. Confirm your residency, course load, program fees and financial aid before comparing costs.
Open the cost planner →Exact-program earnings are not separately identified.
Chemeketa reports this associate-degree route within child-care and human-development studies. The related field combines programs and does not isolate the current early-childhood cohort. No exact-program earnings are separately verified here.
Related-field graduate earnings
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services · Associate degree
Chemeketa Community College. Graduating cohorts: 2016–2020. This published field group (CIP 19.07) can combine several programs and campuses. We selected it as related context; it is not a verified result for this exact program.
- $31,485 median annual earnings 1 year after graduation
Amounts are in 2023 dollars. Census PSEO covers graduates meeting its earnings and employment-attachment rules; it excludes noncompleters and many self-employed or low-attachment workers. These are historical outcomes, not starting-pay estimates or a forecast.
Census PSEO Oregon data, 2026 Q2 (CSV download) ↗
Population, methods and limitations ↗ · Checked September 16, 2026