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Child Development & Psychology at Boston College

Child Development & Psychology at Boston College

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

Boston College is located in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts and approximately 14,934 students attend the school each year.

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.

Boston College Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Child Development

Boston College Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Boston College

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

Boston College Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

86% Women
17% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 14% of child development master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Boston College, 65% 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 Boston College with a master's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 55
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 6

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 Boston College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Developmental & Child Psychology 19
Social Psychology 1
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology 1

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 Boston 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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