Child Development & Psychology at Northeastern State University

If you are interested in studying child development and psychology, you may want to check out the program at Northeastern State University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

NSU is located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma and approximately 7,349 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,476 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Northeastern State University in 2021, 139 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.

NSU Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

NSU Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how NSU 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 NSU 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 Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from NSU Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at NSU is $28,582. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at NSU

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

NSU Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 139 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from NSU. About 16% were men and 84% were women.

About 54% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at NSU 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 Northeastern State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	75
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	44

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

Related Majors

• 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 OK, the home state for Northeastern State University.

Occupation	Jobs in OK	Average Salary in OK
Managers	1,780	$102,710
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,050	$60,760
Psychology Professors	380	$60,140
Psychologists	100	$89,300

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 CPacker under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.