2025 Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in California
7Colleges in California
12,222Child Care Provider/Assistant Degrees Awarded
Ranked #124 in popularity, child care provider/assistant is one of the most sought-after degree programs in the nation. This makes choosing the right school a hard decision.
For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 7 schools in California to determine which ones were the best for child care provider/assistant students pursuing a degree. Combined, these schools handed out 12,222 degrees in child care provider/assistant to qualified students.
Choosing a Great Child Care Provider/Assistant School
Your choice of child care provider/assistant school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Child Care Provider/Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Child Care Provider/Assistant Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Care Provider/Assistant Schools in California ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Child Care Provider/Assistant in California
The schools below may not offer all types of child care provider/assistant degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top California Schools in Child Care Provider/Assistant
Modesto Junior College is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the medium-sized city of Modesto, MJC is a public college with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #230 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means MJC is a great college overall.
There were roughly 266 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at MJC in the most recent data year.
It's hard to beat Fresno City College if you want to pursue a degree in child care provider/assistant. Located in the city of Fresno, Fresno City College is a public college with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #793 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Fresno City College is a great college overall.
There were about 208 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at Fresno City College in the most recent year we have data available.
It is hard to beat Santa Ana College if you want to pursue a degree in child care provider/assistant. SAC is a fairly large public college located in the large city of Santa Ana. This college ranks 109th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 263 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at SAC in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in child care provider/assistant has to look into Riverside City College. Riverside City College is a fairly large public college located in the city of Riverside. A Best Colleges rank of #576 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Riverside City College is a great college overall.
There were approximately 223 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at Riverside City College in the most recent year we have data available.
West Hills College-Lemoore is a small public college located in the rural area of Lemoore. This college ranks 129th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 301 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at West Hills College-Lemoore in the most recent data year.
College of the Sequoias is a fairly large public college located in the city of Visalia. This college ranks 137th out of 161 colleges for overall quality in the state of California.
There were about 365 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at College of the Sequoias in the most recent data year.
College of the Redwoods is a small public college located in the rural area of Eureka. This college ranks 154th out of 161 schools for overall quality in the state of California.
There were roughly 58 child care provider/assistant students who graduated with this degree at College of the Redwoods in the most recent year we have data available.
The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
Your choice of child care provider/assistant school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. We derive our Best Overall Child Care Provider/Assistant School rankings by rolling up our degree-level rankings after weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each school.
