Child Care Provider Assistant

A program that prepares individuals to be primary providers of home, family, residential, or institutional-based child care services. Includes instruction in child growth and development, nutrition, recreation, planning and supervision of play and learning activities, child abuse and neglect prevention, parent-child relationships, and applicable legal and administrative requirements.

Degree Statistics

This program is offered at 411 institutions across the United States, with a total of 76090 degrees awarded annually.

Certificates Below Bachelor's

15,410

certificates awarded

Associate Degrees

5,519

degrees awarded

Bachelor's Degrees

59

degrees awarded

Post-Baccalaureate Certificates

134

certificates awarded

Master's Degrees

18

degrees awarded

Other Awards

54,950

awards given

Top Schools for Child Care Provider Assistant

These institutions offer the most degrees in this program, ranked by total annual completions.

Rank Institution Degrees
1 City College of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
4,513
2 Yuba College
Marysville, CA
1,672
3 Los Angeles Mission College
Sylmar, CA
1,391
4 Woodland Community College
Woodland, CA
1,360
5 Cerritos College
Norwalk, CA
1,273
6 Fresno City College
Fresno, CA
1,189
7 College of the Sequoias
Visalia, CA
1,157
8 Los Angeles Valley College
Valley Glen, CA
1,048
9 Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
957
10 Merritt College
Oakland, CA
911
11 Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, CA
869
12 Mt San Antonio College
Walnut, CA
854
13 Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CA
817
14 East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA
757
15 Central New Mexico Community College
Albuquerque, NM
744
16 Santiago Canyon College
Orange, CA
719
17 El Camino Community College District
Torrance, CA
715
18 Modesto Junior College
Modesto, CA
710
19 Riverside City College
Riverside, CA
691
20 Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA
687
21 Rio Hondo College
Whittier, CA
671
22 Tidewater Community College
Norfolk, VA
670
23 J Sargeant Reynolds Community College
Richmond, VA
629
24 Lemoore College
Lemoore, CA
626
25 Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA
624
26 Los Angeles City College
Los Angeles, CA
587
27 MiraCosta College
Oceanside, CA
540
28 College of the Desert
Palm Desert, CA
539
29 Orange Coast College
Costa Mesa, CA
533
30 Norco College
Norco, CA
495
31 Long Beach City College
Long Beach, CA
492
32 Hinds Community College
Raymond, MS
486
33 Lanier Technical College
Gainesville, GA
484
34 Butte College
Oroville, CA
478
35 Victor Valley College
Victorville, CA
478
36 Oxnard College
Oxnard, CA
477
37 Chattahoochee Technical College
Marietta, GA
472
38 Broward College
Fort Lauderdale, FL
471
39 Southwestern Illinois College
Belleville, IL
463
40 Cuesta College
San Luis Obispo, CA
457
41 Moorpark College
Moorpark, CA
456
42 Carl Albert State College
Poteau, OK
454
43 Palomar College
San Marcos, CA
448
44 Hazard Community and Technical College
Hazard, KY
425
45 Atlanta Technical College
Atlanta, GA
412
46 Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA
408
47 Bakersfield College
Bakersfield, CA
408
48 American River College
Sacramento, CA
406
49 Saddleback College
Mission Viejo, CA
394
50 West Kentucky Community and Technical College
Paducah, KY
382
51 Clovis Community College
Fresno, CA
379
52 West Georgia Technical College
Waco, GA
376
53 Moraine Valley Community College
Palos Hills, IL
366
54 Central Georgia Technical College
Warner Robins, GA
364
55 Chabot College
Hayward, CA
361
56 City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
Chicago, IL
359
57 Pinellas Technical College-St. Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, FL
357
58 Moreno Valley College
Moreno Valley, CA
357
59 City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College
Chicago, IL
347
60 City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College
Chicago, IL
346
61 Aims Community College
Greeley, CO
339
62 Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS
336
63 Santa Rosa Junior College
Santa Rosa, CA
334
64 American Public University System
Charles Town, WV
334
65 Cabrillo College
Aptos, CA
333
66 De Anza College
Cupertino, CA
329
67 Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles, CA
329
68 San Joaquin Delta College
Stockton, CA
329
69 Maysville Community and Technical College
Maysville, KY
327
70 Reedley College
Reedley, CA
325
71 Los Medanos College
Pittsburg, CA
324
72 Los Angeles Pierce College
Woodland Hills, CA
323
73 Coalinga College
Coalinga, CA
321
74 Contra Costa College
San Pablo, CA
312
75 Santa Barbara City College
Santa Barbara, CA
308
76 Bluegrass Community and Technical College
Lexington, KY
305
77 Citrus College
Glendora, CA
303
78 Tallahassee Community College
Tallahassee, FL
299
79 Antelope Valley Community College District
Lancaster, CA
297
80 Southern Regional Technical College
Thomasville, GA
296
81 Athens Technical College
Athens, GA
296
82 Fred K Marchman Technical College
New Port Richey, FL
294
83 Georgia Piedmont Technical College
Clarkston, GA
292
84 College of Lake County
Grayslake, IL
289
85 Mt San Jacinto Community College District
San Jacinto, CA
289
86 Irvine Valley College
Irvine, CA
286
87 Cerro Coso Community College
Ridgecrest, CA
285
88 Gwinnett Technical College
Lawrenceville, GA
284
89 Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY
284
90 Eastern Florida State College
Melbourne, FL
277
91 Sierra College
Rocklin, CA
270
92 Northwood Technical College
Rice Lake, WI
264
93 City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College
Chicago, IL
262
94 State College of Florida-Manatee-Sarasota
Bradenton, FL
261
95 College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, CA
257
96 Lamar Institute of Technology
Beaumont, TX
256
97 Imperial Valley College
Imperial, CA
255
98 Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA
254
99 Chaffey College
Rancho Cucamonga, CA
252
100 San Jose City College
San Jose, CA
249