Child Development & Psychology at Bates College

Every child development and psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Bates College stacks up to those at other schools.

Bates is located in Lewiston, Maine and has a total student population of 1,876. Of the 564 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Bates College in 2021, 73 of them were child development and psychology majors.

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.

Bates Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Bates Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Bates performed in these rankings.

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 Bates 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	1
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	1
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	3
	8
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	24
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	50
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	66

Child Development Student Demographics at Bates

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

Bates Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 73 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from Bates. Of these graduates, 34% were men and 66% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Bates since its program graduates 12% more men than average.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Bates 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 Bates College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	51
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Bates 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 ME, the home state for Bates College.

Occupation	Jobs in ME	Average Salary in ME
Managers	1,380	$96,570
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	290	$75,620
Psychology Professors	180	$73,000
Psychologists	60	$82,790

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 N.Y. Walton under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.