Early Childhood Education Schools In Minnesota
In Minnesota, there are 20 accredited schools where early childhood education classes faculty can find employment. The trends in Minnesota's early childhood education academic community can be evaluated by looking at the statistics and graphs below. Academia in early childhood education includes early childhood education training at the following levels:
- Early Childhood Education Certificate
- Associates degree in Early Childhood Education
- Bachelors degree in Early Childhood Education
- Masters degree in Early Childhood Education
- PhD degree in Early Childhood Education
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Professional Trends
Minnesota Vs. National Early Childhood Education Employment
| Minnesota | 38,300 |
| National | 2,079,010 |
Approximately 2% of the country's early childhood education professionals work in Minnesota state.
Employment Growth for Early childhood education professionals In Minnesota
| 32,960 | 37,780 | 38,540 | 38,680 | 38,300 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Minnesota, the field of early childhood education is growing. In Minnesota, 5,340 more early childhood education professionals were working in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, the field of early childhood education has grown by 16% in Minnesota. This growth is faster than the change in the number of early childhood education professionals around the country. Nationally, the number of early childhood education professionals has shrunk by 0% from 2006 to 2010.
Early Childhood Education VS. All Professions salaries in Minnesota
| $41,025 | $42,005 | $43,330 | $43,982 | $45,392 |
| $45,649 | $48,094 | $49,813 | $50,330 | $51,158 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Light Blue: Early Childhood Education
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by early childhood education professionals is increasing in Minnesota. The mean salary for early childhood education professionals in 2006 was $41,025 per year. And in 2010 the mean salary was $45,392 per year.
Salary percentiles for Early childhood education professionals in Minnesota
10th percentile |
$29,118 |
25th percentile |
$34,368 |
50th percentile |
$42,900 |
75th percentile |
$53,185 |
90th percentile |
$66,878 |
Thus, early childhood education professionals' salaries grew by 10% in 4 years. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. In the state of Minnesota, there is a huge variation in pay, within the field of early childhood education. The pay differential between the highest paid early childhood education professionals and those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket is 130%
Average Salaries for Early childhood education professionals and related professions in Minnesota
Early Childhood Education |
$45,392 |
Educational Leadership |
$74,038 |
Elementary Education |
$62,992 |
Special Education |
$54,223 |
Early childhood education professionals in Minnesota earn, on average, less than their counterparts in related professions.
Educational Trends
Early Childhood Education programs available for each degree type for all schools in Minnesota
associate |
6 |
bachelor |
15 |
master |
6 |
doctor |
1 |
Certificate |
4 |
| Total | 32 |
As the number of early childhood education professionals is increasing in Minnesota state, the number of students graduating from the 20 accredited early childhood education schools in Minnesota state is also increasing. In 2006 there were 276 early childhood education graduates from early childhood education courses in Minnesota and in 2010 there were 429 graduates.
There was an increase in the number of early childhood education school degree or certificate graduates in Minnesota by 55%. 47% of these graduates received a bachelor's degree in early childhood education.