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Child Development & Psychology at Bowdoin College

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Child Development & Psychology at Bowdoin College

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

Bowdoin is located in Brunswick, Maine and approximately 1,777 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Bowdoin.

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.

Bowdoin Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Bowdoin Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Bowdoin 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 58
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools 63
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 105
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools 117

Child Development Student Demographics at Bowdoin

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

Bowdoin Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
39% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Bowdoin. About 17% were men and 83% were women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Bowdoin 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 Bowdoin College with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 5
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 13
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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

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 Bowdoin 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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