Vermont·Management Occupations·SOC 11-9031

Best Education programs in Vermont, ranked by enrollment

Plan, direct, or coordinate academic or nonacademic activities of preschools or childcare centers and programs, including before- and after-school.

2 schools in Vermont run programs that feed this job, graduating 21 people a year. The job pays a median of $63,220 in Vermont across about 190 jobs (BLS OEWS May 2025).

Also calledPrincipalSite CoordinatorEducation DirectorPreschool DirectorSite DirectorCenter ManagerVice PrincipalArt Coordinator
Graduates / yr
21
in Vermont
Median pay · Vermont
$63,220
BLS OEWS May 2025
Jobs in state
190
people employed
Schools
2
with a feeder program
Avg graduation rate
50%
across those schools
Median net price
per year, IPEDS

Fields of study in Vermont that lead to this job

Grouped at the 4-digit CIP level. Numbers are graduates per year in this state.

2 programs in Vermont that lead to this job

Ranked by graduates per year in Vermont (IPEDS completions). Graduate earnings and debt are national College Scorecard figures reported at the 4-digit CIP level, so specializations within one field share a figure. Each program also links to its own Vermont page.

Degree programs that lead to this occupation, ranked by graduates per year
#ProgramGraduates / yrShare of pipelineSchoolsGrad earnings (1 yr)Median debt
1
CIP 13.0401In Vermont
14
66.7%
1$37,480$23,000
2
CIP 13.0414In Vermont
7
33.3%
1$37,480$23,000

Top 2 schools in Vermont

Ranked by graduates per year into this job. Graduate earnings are reported for 0 of the 2 schools in this state.

Schools ranked by graduates per year into this occupation
#SchoolGraduates / yrTop feeder programGrad earnings (1 yr)Grad rateNet priceAcceptance
1University of Vermont
Burlington, VT Public · 1 feeder programs
14Educational Leadership and Administration, General79%65%
2Community College of Vermont
Montpelier, VT Public · 1 feeder programs
7Early Childhood Program Administration20%

All 2 schools in Vermont

Every school in Vermont with a program that feeds this job, ordered by graduates per year. Earnings are shown for the ranked schools above; open a school profile for the rest.

All schools in Vermont that feed this occupation
SchoolCityControlGraduates / yrFeeder programs
University of VermontBurlingtonPublic141
Community College of VermontMontpelierPublic71

What education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare earn in Vermont

What people already working in this job earn (BLS OEWS May 2025). Not graduate earnings.

Median annual in Vermont
$63,220
Mean annual
$68,160
Jobs in state
190
What the range looks like
10th pct$48,540Median$63,22090th pct$88,780
Versus the national median
+6.6%

U.S. median $59,300. Vermont pays above the national figure.

Job concentration
1.29×

Concentrated here: Vermont employs more of this job per worker than the U.S. average.

Metro areas in Vermont

Burlington-South Burlington, VT
$63,220median
80 jobs

Job outlook

Bureau of Labor Statistics Employment Projections, 2024 to 2034.

Projected growth 2024–34
-2.5%
Decline
Openings per year
5,500
new jobs plus replacements
Employment change
-2,300
90,200 → 87,900
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree

Growth and openings are national. The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish employment projections at state level, so these figures describe the occupation across the whole U.S., not this state alone.

How to get in

The full skills, tools, and day-to-day breakdown lives on the national Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare page.

How to become a Education

Job zone 4 of 5 · SVP 7.0 to < 8.0
Typical entry education
Bachelor's degree
Work experience needed
Less than 5 years

Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.

A considerable amount of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.

Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.

Top skills

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The same job in other states

Where else this occupation employs the most people, and what it pays there.

Related careers in Vermont

Every major mapped to this job

The official federal mapping behind the rankings above.

All 5 majors mapped to Education and Childcare Administrators, Preschool and Daycare5 of them graduated someone in the latest IPEDS year. NCES CIP 2020 → SOC 2018 crosswalk.+
  • 13.0401Educational Leadership and Administration, General
  • 13.0404Educational, Instructional, and Curriculum Supervision
  • 13.0411Superintendency and Educational System Administration
  • 13.0412International School Administration/Leadership
  • 13.0414Early Childhood Program Administration

Common questions

Answers for people weighing education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare programs in Vermont.

What degree do you need to become an Education?+

Bachelor's degree is the typical entry-level education BLS reports for this occupation. The most common program people actually graduate from is Educational Leadership and Administration, General, which awarded 14 degrees in Vermont in 2024-25, 66.7% of everyone graduating from a program that feeds this career.

Which college majors lead to becoming an Education?+

The NCES CIP-to-SOC crosswalk maps 2 programs to this occupation. The largest are Educational Administration and Supervision. Together they graduate about 21 people a year in Vermont.

How much do education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare earn in Vermont?+

The median is $63,220 a year (BLS OEWS May 2025). That is 6.6% above the U.S. median of $59,300. This is pay for people already working in the occupation, not the same thing as graduate earnings one year after finishing a degree.

Is demand for education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare growing?+

BLS projects a -2.5% change in employment between 2024 and 2034, decline, with roughly 5,500 openings a year nationally once retirements and job changes are counted.

How many schools offer programs for this career in Vermont?+

2 institutions in Vermont reported graduates from at least one of the 2 programs that feed this occupation in IPEDS 2024-25. Rankings on this page use graduates per year, because the federal data publishes no enrollment count by program.

What other job titles do education and childcare administrators, preschool and daycare work under?+

Employers advertise this work under many names. O*NET records Principal, Site Coordinator, Education Director, Preschool Director among the most commonly reported, all mapping to SOC 11-9031.

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About the data on this page

Rankings use IPEDS completions 2024–25, degrees awarded per year. That is the closest federal measure of how many people a program puts into a career, because no federal dataset publishes enrollment by program. Wages and employment come from BLS OEWS May 2025, growth and openings from BLS Employment Projections 2024-34, and which majors lead to which jobs from the NCES CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk. Occupation descriptions, tasks, skills and tools are O*NET 30.3 (CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor/ETA).

  • BLS Occupational Employment & Wage Statistics

    May 2025

    Wages, employment counts, location quotients and metro breakdowns.

  • BLS Employment Projections

    2024–34

    Projected growth, annual openings and typical entry-level education.

  • IPEDS Completions

    2024-25 (provisional)

    Graduates per year by program and institution — the ranking metric.

  • College Scorecard, Field of Study

    2020-21 cohorts

    Median graduate earnings one year after completion, and median debt.

  • Census Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes

    latest available

    Graduate earnings 1/5/10 years out, where the state participates.

  • NCES CIP 2020 and the CIP-to-SOC 2018 crosswalk

    CIP 2020 / SOC 2018

    Which college programs officially lead to this occupation.

  • O*NET Database 30.3

    30.3

    Tasks, skills, knowledge, tools, job zone and alternate job titles.

    Official source →CC BY 4.0, U.S. Department of Labor / ETA

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