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Child Development & Psychology at Ball State University

Child Development & Psychology at Ball State University

If you are interested in studying child development & psychology, you may want to check out the program at Ball State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

Ball State is located in Muncie, Indiana and has a total student population of 21,597.

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.

Ball State Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Child Development

Ball State Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at Ball State

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Ball State University.

Ball State Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

84% Women
12% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 16% of child development master's degrees went to men and 84% went to women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Ball State, 84% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Ball State University with a master's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 21
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

If you plan to be a child development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Ball State University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology 12
Social Psychology 6
Developmental & Child Psychology 4
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics 2

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 IN, the home state for Ball State University.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 1,320 $73,350
Psychology Professors 590 $85,580
Psychologists 220 $88,470

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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