Child Development & Psychology at Purdue University - Main Campus

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

Purdue is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and has a total student population of 46,655. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 251 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Purdue.

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.

Purdue Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development
• Master’s Degree in Child Development
• Doctorate Degree in Child Development

Purdue Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Purdue 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.

In 2021, 8 students received their master’s degree in child development from Purdue. This makes it the #45 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from Purdue Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Purdue is $28,965. This is less than $30,859, which is the national average of all child development majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Child Development Student Demographics at Purdue

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

Purdue Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 251 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 22% were men and 78% were women.

About 53% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Purdue are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	33
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	23
White	132
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	19

Purdue Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 8 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Purdue, about 25% were men and 75% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. Purdue does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Purdue University - Main Campus with a master's in child development.

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

Purdue also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 10 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• 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 IN, the home state for Purdue University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in IN	Average Salary in IN
Managers	7,290	$71,560
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,320	$73,350
Psychology Professors	590	$85,580
Psychologists	220	$88,470

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 Abhijitsathe under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.