Child Development & Psychology at Oglethorpe University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Oglethorpe University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Oglethorpe is located in Atlanta, Georgia and approximately 1,452 students attend the school each year. Of the 283 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Oglethorpe University in 2021, 15 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.

Oglethorpe Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Oglethorpe Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Oglethorpe performed in these rankings.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	43
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	46
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	136

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

Of the 15 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Oglethorpe in 2021, 13% were men and 87% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Oglethorpe are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level. Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 5% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Boston Public Library under License

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