Child Development & Psychology at Amherst College

If you plan to study child development and psychology, take a look at what Amherst College has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Amherst is located in Amherst, Massachusetts and approximately 1,745 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 37 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Amherst.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Child Development & Psychology section at the bottom of this page.

Amherst Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Amherst Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Amherst compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Amherst is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Child Development & Psychology. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	13
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	14
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	15
	16
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	120

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from Amherst Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Amherst is $41,688. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 35% higher than the national average of $30,859 for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

Child Development Student Demographics at Amherst

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Amherst College.

Amherst Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 37 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Amherst. About 32% were men and 68% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Amherst since its program graduates 10% more men than average.

About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Amherst are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Amherst College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	21
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Amherst also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

Careers That Child Development Grads May Go Into

A degree in child development can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for MA, the home state for Amherst College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.