Child Development & Psychology at Eckerd College

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

Eckerd is located in Saint Petersburg, Florida and approximately 1,822 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 22 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Eckerd.

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.

Eckerd Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Eckerd Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Eckerd 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	55
	106
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	112
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from Eckerd Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Eckerd is $28,555. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Eckerd

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

Eckerd Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 22 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Eckerd in 2021, 9% were men and 91% were women.

About 68% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Eckerd 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 Eckerd College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	15
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Eckerd 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 FL, the home state for Eckerd College.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,950	$76,190
Psychologists	1,330	$96,640
Psychology Professors	1,060	$77,810

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 User:DouglasGreen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.