Child Development & Psychology at Colby College

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

Colby is located in Waterville, Maine and has a total student population of 2,155. In 2021, 20 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Colby.

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.

Colby Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Colby Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Colby performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Colby 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	74
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	77
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	111
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	129

Child Development Student Demographics at Colby

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

Colby Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 20 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Colby in 2021, 30% were men and 70% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Colby since its program graduates 8% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Colby 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 Colby College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

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

Related Majors

• 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 ME, the home state for Colby 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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Nickline4 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.