Child Development & Psychology at William Peace University

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

WPU is located in Raleigh, North Carolina and has a total student population of 830. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from WPU.

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.

WPU Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

WPU Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

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 WPU 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
	93
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	114
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	120
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	122
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	127
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	199

Child Development Student Demographics at WPU

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

WPU Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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 William Peace University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

WPU 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 NC, the home state for William Peace University.

Occupation	Jobs in NC	Average Salary in NC
Managers	11,990	$121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,030	$77,470
Psychology Professors	1,020	$77,700

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 Abbylabar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.