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Child Development & Psychology at Mount St Mary's University

Child Development & Psychology at Mount St Mary’s University

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

The Mount is located in Emmitsburg, Maryland and approximately 2,560 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.

The Mount Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

The Mount Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at The Mount 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 The Mount

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

The Mount Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

83% Women
57% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 17% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 14% 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 St Mary's University with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 5
Hispanic or Latino 6
White 13
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Mount St Mary's University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology 28

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 MD, the home state for Mount St Mary's University.

Occupation Jobs in MD Average Salary in MD
Managers 14,450 $122,050
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,090 $79,820
Psychologists 630 $112,330
Psychology Professors 430 $87,850

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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