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Child Care Schools in Chicago

Chicago, IL (population: 2,878,948) has nine child care schools within its city limits. Loyola University Chicago, the highest ranked school in the city with a child care program, has a total student population of 15,879. It is the 144th highest ranked school in the USA and the 3rd highest in the state of Illinois (#1 is Northwestern University).

Child Care students from Chicago schools who go on to become child care professionals, child care workers, nannies, day care specialists, etc. have a good chance at finding employment. For example, there are 595,650 people working as child care workers alone in the US, and their average annual salary is $20,940. Also, Child, family, and school social workers make on average $43,540 per year and there are about 277,670 of them employed in the US today. In fact, in the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area alone, there are 8,000 employed child, family, and school social workers earning an average salary of $56,290. Child care workers in this area earn $23,010/yr and there are 9,520 employed.

Chicago lies in Cook county, which is one of the 49 counties in Illinois. Overall, the Chicago-Naperville-Joliet Metropolitan area has 3,669,800 total employed workers according to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics, with a 1% unemployment rate, $24/hr average worker wage, and a $48,910 average annual salary. Thus, about 3 out of every 1000 jobs in Chicago are held by child care workers, and 2/1000 are held by child, family, and school social workers.

Of the 9 child care schools in Chicago, only 3 have a student population over 10k. After taking into account tuition, living expenses, and financial aid, Loyola University Chicago comes out as the most expensive ($27,955/yr) for child care students, with City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College as the lowest, reported at only $5,698/yr.

Child Care Programs in Chicago

City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

City Colleges of Chicago-Malcolm X College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

City Colleges of Chicago-Harry S Truman College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College

• Child Care Provider/Assistant
  

  Levels offered: Certificate, Associates

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