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Child Development & Psychology at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Child Development & Psychology at Purdue University Fort Wayne

If you plan to study child development & psychology, take a look at what Purdue University Fort Wayne has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and approximately 8,093 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.

PFW Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Basic Certificate in Child Development (Less Than 1 Year)
  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

PFW Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at PFW 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 PFW

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

PFW Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

87% Women
27% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 13% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

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About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at PFW 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 8
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 38
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

Child Development & Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Purdue University Fort Wayne. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology 48

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 IN, the home state for Purdue University Fort Wayne.

Occupation Jobs in IN Average Salary in IN
Managers 7,290 $71,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 1,320 $73,350
Psychology Professors 590 $85,580
Psychologists 220 $88,470

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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