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Texas Child Care Workers: Schools and Careers

Career Information for Child Care Workers in Texas

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Fast Facts for Child Care Workers in Texas

  • Cities with highest percentage of jobs relative to population: Victoria, Brownsville, and Laredo
  • Cities with lowest percentage of jobs relative to population: Odessa, Tyler, and Houston
  • Cities with the highest absolute number of jobs: Houston, San Antonio, and Fort Worth

Salaries for Child Care Workers in Texas

  • Metro areas with the highest median salaries: Austin, Odessa, and Sherman. (See table at bottom of page)

Schools for Child Care Workers in Texas are listed below.

Selected Online Schools for Child Care Workers in Texas

Ashworth College
Online

Ashworth College (AU) provides online and campus based classes, in a flexible capacity so learning goes at the students pace during their free time.

  • Programs: Child Care Career Skills, Child Day Care
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Stratford Career Institute
Online

Career training in several fields. Offered in a distance-learning format.

  • Programs: Child Day Care Management
  • Degrees/Course Work: Diploma

Texas Child Care Worker Schools

School NameCampusHighest AwardEnrolled
Amarillo CollegeAmarilloAssociate10,387
Angelina CollegeLufkinAssociate4,677
Austin Community College DistrictAustinAssociate33,508
Blinn CollegeBrenhamAssociate14,589
Brookhaven CollegeFarmers BranchAssociate11,059
Central Texas CollegeKilleenAssociate21,532
Cisco CollegeCiscoAssociate3,365
Coastal Bend CollegeBeevilleAssociate3,196
Colin CollegePlanoAssociate20,143
College of the MainlandTexas CityAssociate3,521
Del Mar CollegeCorpus ChristiAssociate11,167
Eastfield CollegeMesquiteAssociate10,653
El Paso Community CollegeEl PasoAssociate25,023
Hill CollegeHillsboroAssociate3,556
Houston Community CollegeHoustonAssociate43,518
Kilgore CollegeKilgoreAssociate5,150
Lamar Institute of TechnologyBeaumontAssociate2,590
Lamar State College-Port ArthurPort ArthurAssociate2,325
Laredo Community CollegeLaredoAssociate7,831
Lone Star College SystemThe WoodlandsAssociate39,756
McLennan Community CollegeWacoAssociate8,079
Midland CollegeMidlandBachelor5,739
Odessa CollegeOdessaAssociate4,580
San Antonio CollegeSan AntonioAssociate19,819
San Jacinto Community CollegePasadenaAssociate23,805
South Plains CollegeLevellandAssociate6,602
South Texas CollegeMcAllenBachelor19,827
Southwestern Assemblies of God UniversityWaxahachieMasters1,834
Tarrant County CollegeFort WorthAssociate37,948
Temple CollegeTempleAssociate4,787
Texarkana CollegeTexarkanaAssociate4,439
Trinity Valley Community CollegeAthensAssociate5,046
Tyler Junior CollegeTylerAssociate8,217
Vernon CollegeVernonAssociate2,808
Victoria CollegeVictoriaAssociate4,002
Western Texas CollegeSnyderAssociate1,844
Wharton County Junior CollegeWhartonAssociate5,892

Job Popularity in Metro Areas for Child Care Workers

The map below shows job statistics for the career type by metro area, for Texas. A table below the map shows job popularity and salaries across the state.

Metro Areas Rated for Popularity (as of 2008) for:
Child Care Workers

Listed below are metro areas ranked by the popularity of jobs for Child Care Workers relative to the population of the city, as of 2008. Salary data was obtained from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

A Relative Popularity of 1.0 means that the city has an average number of the particular job, for its population, compared to the rest of the US. Higher numbers mean proportionally more jobs of that type.
Metro AreaJobsSalary
(2008)
Relative
Popularity

TEXAS

   
Victoria340$15,4701.9
Brownsville960$16,9601.9
Laredo550$17,2301.7
San Angelo250$14,6301.6
McAllen1,490$15,7001.6
Midland350$16,9801.3
Texarkana280$15,1701.3
Waco520$18,2001.3
Killeen640$16,0701.3
Lubbock650$15,5201.3
Sherman180$18,3701.2
Abilene260$16,7401.1
Corpus Christi750$17,2201
Beaumont640$15,4501
El Paso1,090$16,3701
San Antonio3,530$16,5501
College Station280$15,0900.9
Austin2,950$20,2000.9
Fort Worth3,250$18,2500.9
Longview310$15,1600.8
Wichita Falls170$15,7900.8
Houston7,730$16,8200.7
Tyler200$16,2600.5
Odessa50$19,2600.2
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