Child Development & Psychology at New York University

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

NYU is located in New York, New York and approximately 52,775 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.

NYU Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development
• Master’s Degree in Child Development

NYU Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at NYU 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.

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at NYU

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at New York University.

NYU Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 20% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 80% went to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 8% 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 New York University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	94
Black or African American	52
Hispanic or Latino	86
White	108
International Students	129
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

NYU Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of child development master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New York University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	51
Black or African American	57
Hispanic or Latino	85
White	222
International Students	117
Other Races/Ethnicities	33

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

If you plan to be a child development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at New York University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	494
Developmental & Child Psychology	145
Experimental Psychology	20
Social Psychology	16

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Cincin12 under License

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