Child Development & Psychology at Mount Saint Mary’s University

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

MSMU is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 2,745 students attend the school each year. Of the 474 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Mount Saint Mary's University in 2021, 6 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.

MSMU Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

MSMU Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how MSMU performed in these rankings.

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 MSMU 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	81
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	106
	128
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	138

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from MSMU Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at MSMU is $32,834. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 6% higher than the national average of $30,859 for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

Child Development Student Demographics at MSMU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Mount Saint Mary’s University.

MSMU Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from MSMU. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 58% 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 Mount Saint Mary's University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• General Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology

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 CA, the home state for Mount Saint Mary's University.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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 Dasandman008 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.