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Child Development & Psychology at Gettysburg College

Child Development & Psychology at Gettysburg College

Every child development & 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 Gettysburg College stacks up to those at other schools.

Gettysburg is located in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania and approximately 2,507 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.

Gettysburg Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Gettysburg Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Gettysburg 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.

Child Development Student Demographics at Gettysburg

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

Gettysburg Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

79% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 21% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 79% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 7
White 36
International Students 4
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 Gettysburg College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology 36

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 PA, the home state for Gettysburg College.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Managers 11,060 $126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 4,440 $83,610
Psychology Professors 2,130 $89,300
Psychologists 460 $87,940

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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