Child Development & Psychology at Saint Mary’s College of California

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

SMC is located in Moraga, California and has a total student population of 3,439. In 2021, 9 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from SMC.

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.

SMC Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

SMC Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how SMC 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 SMC 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 Child Development & Psychology Schools	112
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	125
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	189

Child Development Student Demographics at SMC

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Saint Mary’s College of California.

SMC Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 9 child development majors earned their bachelor's degree from SMC. Of these graduates, 0% were men and 100% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 Saint Mary's College of California with a bachelor's in child development.

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

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

Related Majors

• Other Psychology
• 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 CA, the home state for Saint Mary's College of California.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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 Smcj0001 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.