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Child Development & Psychology at Gordon College

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Child Development & Psychology at Gordon College

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

Gordon College is located in Wenham, Massachusetts and approximately 1,816 students attend the school each year. Of the 453 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Gordon College in 2021, 36 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.

Gordon College Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Gordon College Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Gordon College 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 Gordon College 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
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 74
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 81
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools 96

Child Development Student Demographics at Gordon College

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

Gordon College Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

67% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 36 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Gordon College in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Gordon College since its program graduates 11% more men than average.

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About 75% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Gordon College 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 Gordon College with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 27
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

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

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 MA, the home state for Gordon College.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 4,050 $86,490
Psychology Professors 1,490 $97,690
Psychologists 980 $83,550

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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