Child Development & Psychology at Claremont Graduate University

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

Claremont Graduate University is located in Claremont, California and approximately 1,949 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.

Claremont Graduate University Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Child Development

Claremont Graduate University Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at Claremont Graduate University

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

Claremont Graduate University Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

72% Women

34% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 28% of child development master's degrees went to men and 72% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. Claremont Graduate University does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Claremont Graduate University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	8
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	28
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Claremont Graduate University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded

General Psychology

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 CA, the home state for Claremont Graduate University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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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