Child Development & Psychology at Nova Southeastern University

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

NUS Florida is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and has a total student population of 20,888.

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.

NUS Florida Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Child Development

NUS Florida Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at NUS Florida

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

NUS Florida Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

20% Women

40% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 80% of child development master's degrees went to men and 20% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. NUS Florida does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 58% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	2
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Nova Southeastern University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology	3

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 FL, the home state for Nova Southeastern University.

Occupation	Jobs in FL	Average Salary in FL
Managers	23,160	$99,240
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,950	$76,190
Psychologists	1,330	$96,640
Psychology Professors	1,060	$77,810

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.

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