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Child Development & Psychology at Occidental College

Child Development & Psychology at Occidental College

Every child development & psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Occidental College stacks up to those at other schools.

Oxy is located in Los Angeles, California and approximately 1,839 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.

Oxy Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Oxy Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Oxy 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 Oxy

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Occidental College.

Oxy Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

74% Women
43% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 26% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 74% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Oxy since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

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The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Occidental College with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 23
International Students 6
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

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 Occidental College. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded

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 Occidental College.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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