Early Childhood Education Schools In Pennsylvania
In Pennsylvania, there are 48 accredited schools where early childhood education classes faculty can find employment. The trends in Pennsylvania'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:
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Professional Trends
Pennsylvania Vs. National Early Childhood Education Employment
| Pennsylvania | 80,690 |
| National | 2,079,010 |
Of all of the early childhood education professionals in the country, nearly 4% are in the state of Pennsylvania.
Employment Growth for Early childhood education professionals In Pennsylvania
| 95,370 | 100,200 | 99,740 | 89,810 | 80,690 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
|---|
- Yellow: Actual Values
In Pennsylvania, the field of early childhood education is shrinking. There were 14,680 less early childhood education professionals working in Pennsylvania in 2010, than there were in 2006. Thus, in Pennsylvania, this field has shrunk by 15% in four years. This decline is faster than the national trend for early childhood education professionals which shows a 0% decrease in the number of early childhood education professionals working around the nation.
Early Childhood Education VS. All Professions salaries in Pennsylvania
| $41,000 | $41,170 | $41,840 | $42,275 | $43,815 |
| $44,448 | $45,778 | $47,594 | $49,448 | $50,581 |
| 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 |
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- Light Blue: Early Childhood Education
- Dark Yellow: All Professions
The amount earned by early childhood education professionals is increasing in Pennsylvania. In 2006 early childhood education professionals made a mean salary of $41,000 per year, and in 2010 they made $43,815 per year.
Salary percentiles for Early childhood education professionals in Pennsylvania
10th percentile |
$26,290 |
25th percentile |
$33,232 |
50th percentile |
$41,398 |
75th percentile |
$53,058 |
90th percentile |
$64,942 |
Thus, early childhood education professionals' salaries grew by 6% in 4 years. This growth is mirrored by state trends for all professionals. Within the field of early childhood education, there is a huge variation in pay, with the highest paid early childhood education professionals earning 147% more money than those in the bottom 10% of the pay bracket in Pennsylvania state.
Average Salaries for Early childhood education professionals and related professions in Pennsylvania
Early Childhood Education |
$43,815 |
Educational Leadership |
$78,240 |
Elementary Education |
$64,110 |
Special Education |
$58,603 |
Early childhood education professionals in Pennsylvania 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 Pennsylvania
associate |
20 |
bachelor |
41 |
master |
13 |
doctor |
0 |
Certificate |
12 |
| Total | 86 |
As the number of early childhood education professionals is decreasing in Pennsylvania state, the number of students graduating from the 48 accredited early childhood education schools in Pennsylvania state is increasing. In Pennsylvania, there were 574 graduates in 2006. And there were 663 graduates from early childhood education courses in 2010.
Thus there was a 16% percent increase in the number of early childhood education school degree or certificate graduates in Pennsylvania. 48% of these graduates received an bachelor's degree in early childhood education.