Child Development & Psychology at Colgate 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 Colgate University stacks up to those at other schools.

Colgate is located in Hamilton, New York and approximately 3,054 students attend the school each year. Of the 896 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Colgate University in 2021, 51 of them were child development and psychology majors.

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.

Colgate Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Colgate Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Colgate 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 Colgate 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
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Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	5
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	6
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	37
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	68
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	83

Child Development Student Demographics at Colgate

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

Colgate Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at Colgate awarded 51 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 16% of these degrees went to men with the other 84% going to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Colgate 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 Colgate University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	32
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Colgate 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 NY, the home state for Colgate University.

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 Balon Greyjoy under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.