Virginia Community Colleges and Universities
Offering Certificates and Degrees in Early Childhood or
Early Childhood Special Education
Career Studies Certificate in EC
Development (9-29 credit hours)
Dabney S. Lancaster - Child Care
Danville- Early Childhood Development
Eastern Shore - Early Childhood Develop
Germanna - Career Stu - Early Chld Educ
J. Sargeant Reynolds - Child Care Assistant
PAVE CSC
J. Sargeant Reynolds - Early Childhood
Educ Adv CSC
J. Sargeant Reynolds - Early Childhood
Education CSC
J. Sargeant Reynolds - Early Childhood
School-Age CSC
John Tyler - Child Care Management
Child Care Provider
certificate
(30-59 credit
hours)
Associate of Applied
Science: AAS
65-69 credit hours
BS programs
(no licensure)
Northern Virginia:
CERT-Early Childhood
Development
Danville: Early Childhood
Education (ECE)
Norfolk State: Child Care
Option Pre-School
Bachelor of Science
Degree
Eastern Shore:ECE
Thomas Nelson: Early
Childhood Dev
Assistant
J. Sargeant Reynolds
:Early Childhood
Development
Certificate
Patrick Henry: Early
Childhood Education
Southwest Virginia:
Early Childhood
Education
Tidewater: Early
Childhood Instruction
Germanna: EC
Development (EC Dev)
John Tyler: EC Dev
John Tyler: EC DevTeacher Assistant
Radford Univ.:
Interdisciplinary Studies in
Early Childhood
VCU: Bachelor’s of
Interdisciplinary Study in
Early Childhood
Master’s level (M.Ed. or Master’s degree
PGMT) leading to ECSE
(no licensure)
(birth to five) or combined
ECSE/ PreK-Grade 3
licensure
George Mason: Early
Childhood Special Education
(ECSE) endorsement
James Madison: Inclusive Early
Childhood Education
Program. (5 year program)
PK-3rd grade/ECSE
endorsement
James Madison: Birth - 5-Years
ECSE (ECSE licensure) Post
Baccalaureate M.A.T
Lord Fairfax: ECE
Lynchburg College: M.Ed. in
Early Childhood Special
Education (ECSE
endorsement)
New River: EC Dev
(Mental Health and
Social Health Services &
Allied Professions)
Norfolk State: Master of Arts in
Pre-Elementary Education With
Licensure in ECSE (Online).
J. Sargeant Reynolds:
EC Dev
GMU: Special
Education, MEd
Concentration in
Early Childhood
GMU: Curriculum
and Instruction,
MEd
Concentration in
ASTL: Early
Childhood
Education
ODU: Master’s of
Science
Education-Early
Childhood
Education
Research
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Career Studies Certificate in EC
Development (9-29 credit hours)
John Tyler - Early Childhood
Lord Fairfax - Early Childhood Education
Mountain Empire - Child Development
Mountain Empire - Child Development
Infant & Toddler
Mountain Empire - Child Development PreSchool
Child Care Provider
certificate
(30-59 credit
hours)
Associate of Applied
Science: AAS
65-69 credit hours
Virginia Highlands:
Early Childhood
Teaching Assistant
Northern Virginia: EC
Dev
Northern Virginia: EC
Dev/School-age Child
Paul D. Camp: EC Dev
Southwest Virginia: EC
Dev
Wytheville: EC Dev
New River - Child Development
Thomas Nelson: EC Dev
Northern Virginia - CSC-Early Childhood
Development
Northern Virginia - CSC-Infant and Toddler
Care
Tidewater: EC Dev
Virginia Highlands
(Human Services-Spec
in ECE)
BS programs
(no licensure)
Master’s level (M.Ed. or Master’s degree
PGMT) leading to ECSE
(no licensure)
(birth to five) or combined
ECSE/ PreK-Grade 3
licensure
Old Dominion: Special
Education Master's
Degree with ECSE
endorsement
Radford Univ.: Interdisciplinary
Studies in Early Childhood
(PreK-Grade 3 & ECSE
endorsement)
UVA: B/MT in ECSE (5 yr.
program) ECSE endorsement
UVA: PGMT in ECSE (2 yr.)
ECSE endorsement
VCU: Master of Education in
Special Education- EC track
(ECSE endorsement)
Patrick Henry - Early Childhood Instruction
Paul D. Camp - Certificate in Child CareCareer Studies (221-636-01)
Virginia Western: EC
Dev
Wytheville: EC Dev
Paul D. Camp - Child Care II-Career
Studies Certificate (221-636-03)
Piedmont - Early Childhood Development Preschool.
Wytheville: Technical
Studies W/a
Specialization in Early
Childhood Development:
Piedmont - Early Childhood DevelopmentInfant and Toddler
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Career Studies Certificate in EC
Development (9-29 credit hours)
Child Care Provider
certificate
(30-59 credit
hours)
Associate of Applied
Science: AAS
65-69 credit hours
BS programs
(no licensure)
Master’s level (M.Ed. or Master’s degree
PGMT) leading to ECSE
(no licensure)
(birth to five) or combined
ECSE/ PreK-Grade 3
licensure
Rappahannock - Career Studies Certificate
in Early Childhood Development
Southside Virginia - Early Childhood
Programs
Thomas Nelson - CSP/Child Development
Thomas Nelson - CSP/Childcare Center
Director
Thomas Nelson - CSP/Manag Early Child
Pgms
Tidewater - Administering Programs for
Young Children
Tidewater - Child Development
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