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Child Development & Psychology at DePaul University

Child Development & Psychology at DePaul University

If you are interested in studying child development & psychology, you may want to check out the program at DePaul University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

DePaul is located in Chicago, Illinois and approximately 21,922 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.

DePaul Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Master’s Degree in Child Development

DePaul Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #59 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at DePaul

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

DePaul Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

80% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 20% of child development master's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from DePaul, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at DePaul University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology 7

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 IL, the home state for DePaul University.

Occupation Jobs in IL Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 4,700 $75,180
Psychology Professors 1,510 $87,880
Psychologists 260 $87,410

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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