Child Development & Psychology at Park University

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

Park University is located in Parkville, Missouri and has a total student population of 10,165. Of the 1,708 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Park University in 2021, 223 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.

Park University Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Associate’s Degree in Child Development
• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Online Classes Are Available at Park University

Online courses are a good option for students who need a more flexible schedule that allows them to pursue an education when and where they want. Whether you're going to school part-time or full-time, you may find distance education the right choice for you.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Park University offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Associate’s Degree
• Bachelor’s Degree

Park University Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Park University compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Park University 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
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree Schools	1
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	2
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	19
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	50
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	68

Earnings of Park University Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Park University is $33,805. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 10% higher than the national average of $30,859 for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

Child Development Student Demographics at Park University

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

Park University Child Development & Psychology Associate’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 9% of child development associate's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

Park University does a better job with serving racial-ethnic minorities than the typical school does. Its associate's program in child development graduates 8% more racial-ethnic minorities than the nationwide average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Park University Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 223 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Park University in 2021, 28% were men and 72% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Park University since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 19% 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 Park University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	4
Black or African American	39
Hispanic or Latino	76
White	72
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	32

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

Related Majors

• General 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 MO, the home state for Park University.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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 NPPyzixBlan under License

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