Child Development & Psychology at Canisius College

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Canisius College is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Canisius is located in Buffalo, New York and has a total student population of 2,820. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Canisius.

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.

Canisius Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Canisius Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Canisius 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 Canisius 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 Schools	54
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	116
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	198

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from Canisius Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Canisius is $24,164. This is less than $30,859, which is the national average of all child development majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Child Development Student Demographics at Canisius

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

Canisius Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 47 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Canisius. About 13% were men and 87% were women.

About 72% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Canisius 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 Canisius College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	34
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Canisius 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 NY, the home state for Canisius College.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Andre Carrotflower under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.