Early Childhood Education
Portland Community College
Public · Community college
Explore learning, development and care in early childhood.
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Preparation, time and schedule
What this route covers
The Early Childhood Education program prepares educators working with children from birth through five, including learning environments and family relationships.
Before you apply
Review the Early Childhood Education course map and have an advisor evaluate prior credits and placement before registering.
Your complete timeline
90 credits minimum for the AAS. Confirm the current sequence. 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 Portland 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 16, 2026. Confirm current requirements with the provider.
Questions to take to an advisor
How do practicum hours fit around work, and what roles does this award prepare me for?
- 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 components; build your full budget
PCC publishes resident tuition of $143 per credit. This is not the complete program price: add required fees, materials, any prerequisites and program-specific equipment and attendance costs.
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Published related-field data; not an exact-program or campus-specific outcome.
Related-field graduate earnings
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods · Associate degree
Portland Community College. Graduating cohorts: 2016-2020. This published field group (CIP 13.12) can combine several programs and campuses. We selected it as related context; it is not a verified result for this exact program.
- $36,766 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