Child Development & Psychology at Purdue University Fort Wayne

Every child development and 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 Purdue University Fort Wayne stacks up to those at other schools.

PFW is located in Fort Wayne, Indiana and approximately 8,093 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,135 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Purdue University Fort Wayne in 2021, 48 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.

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	66

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 48 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from PFW. Of these graduates, 19% were men and 81% were women.

About 73% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	35
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.