Child Development & Psychology at Centenary University

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 Centenary University stacks up to those at other schools.

Centenary is located in Hackettstown, New Jersey and has a total student population of 1,629. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 23 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Centenary.

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.

Centenary Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Centenary Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

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 Centenary 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	51
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	117

Child Development Student Demographics at Centenary

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

Centenary Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 23 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Centenary, about 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Centenary since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

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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 NJ, the home state for Centenary University.

Occupation	Jobs in NJ	Average Salary in NJ
Managers	18,370	$138,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,760	$98,470
Psychology Professors	1,150	$99,670

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 Billy Hathorn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.