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Online Early Childhood Education Certificate

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Online Early Childhood Education Certificate Options:

  1. The online Early Childhood Education Certificate
  2. The online Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate

The Early Childhood Education Certificate program provides students with the professional training comparable to fulfilling the educational requirements of the Child Development Associate Credential. Students in this program will receive training in the basic principles of early childhood for entry level teaching positions in early care and education centers, nursery schools, Head Start programs, hospital settings and community facilities.

The Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate is a program in the administration of early childhood education programs. This program is focused on the developmental needs of young children as well as the business aspects of organizing and managing early childhood programs.

Our Early Childhood Education Administration Certificate program is for those individuals who are interested in the management of programs for young children. Earning your early childhood education certificate online can also be viewed as first step towards an Associate in Science and, ultimately, a bachelor's degree. This certificate includes two education-related courses as well as business courses in computers, marketing and administration.

With Post University Online, you can earn an Early Childhood Education Certificate entirely online, with no commuting or interruptions in your current career.

While earning your early childhood education certificate online, you will study in highly interactive, small classes in 8-week accelerated modules. Our faculty will actively engage you in a high quality and relevant curriculum that prepares you to enter a rewarding career in early childhood education.

Accelerate your career with an Early Childhood Education Certificate  from Post University Online.
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ACCELERATED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION PROGRAM FAST FACTS
     
STUDENTS IN THIS ACCELERATED PROGRAM
208  
     
OCCUPATIONS
This degree will prepare you for careers including, but not limited to, the ones listed below.
Preschool Teachers, Except Special Education
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Teacher Assistants
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/25-9041.00
 
Childcare Workers
http://www.onetonline.org/link/summary/39-9011.00
     
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETERS
10
 
2010-2011 PROGRAM COMPLETERS IN NORMAL TIME
30%
 
     
     
 
ACCREDITATION
Post University is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges, Inc., (NEASC) through its Commission on Institutions of Higher Education.

The Malcolm Baldrige School of Business at Post University is nationally accredited by the Accreditation Council for Business Schools and Programs (ACBSP).
 
TUITION & FEES 2012-2013
Program Cost: $10,290*
Approximate Program Text Book Cost: $700*

* This is the tuition cost using current tuition rates for the entire 21-credit certificate program. Program costs will vary depending on transfer credits and financial aid amounts.
   
UNIVERSITY FINANCIAL AID
70% of ADP undergraduate students receive some form of Financial Aid
   
MEDIAN LOAN DEBT
Number of Borrowers: 117 
Federal Private Loans Institutional Loans
(Amount Borrowed) (Amount Borrowed) (Amount
Owed)
$5,321 $0 $0
   
ADP PERSISTENCE RATES
The percentage of students who took a class in one MOD and then took a class in the next MOD in the 2009-2010 academic year was 84% among undergraduate students and 95% among graduate students.
 
AVERAGE CLASS SIZE
16 students  
   
FACULTY
Full-time: 35  
Part-time: 298
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