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Child Development & Psychology at Oglethorpe University

Child Development & Psychology at Oglethorpe University

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

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 1,452 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.

Oglethorpe Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Oglethorpe Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Oglethorpe 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 Oglethorpe

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

Oglethorpe Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

73% Women
50% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 27% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% 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 Oglethorpe since its program graduates 5% more men than average.

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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 Oglethorpe University with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 7
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 12
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

The following child development concentations are available at Oglethorpe University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Oglethorpe University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology 15

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 GA, the home state for Oglethorpe University.

Occupation Jobs in GA Average Salary in GA
Managers 14,480 $118,060
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,100 $89,190
Psychology Professors 420 $75,850
Psychologists 300 $95,940

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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