Child Development & Psychology at Metropolitan State University of Denver

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

MSU Denver is located in Denver, Colorado and has a total student population of 19,086. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 216 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from MSU Denver.

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.

MSU Denver Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

MSU Denver Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at MSU Denver 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 MSU Denver 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
	95
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	134

Earnings of MSU Denver Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSU Denver is $34,388. This is 11% higher than $30,859, which is the national average for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

Child Development Student Demographics at MSU Denver

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Metropolitan State University of Denver.

MSU Denver Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 216 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from MSU Denver. About 76% of these graduates were women and the other 24% were men. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at MSU Denver since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at MSU Denver are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 2% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Metropolitan State University of Denver with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	68
White	117
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

MSU Denver 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 CO, the home state for Metropolitan State University of Denver.

Occupation	Jobs in CO	Average Salary in CO
Managers	8,940	$138,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,670	$85,470
Psychology Professors	800	$68,010
Psychologists	270	$83,630

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 Jeffrey Beall under License

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