Child Development & Psychology at Savannah State University

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

Savannah State University is located in Savannah, Georgia and approximately 3,488 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 18 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Savannah State University.

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.

Savannah State University Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Savannah State University Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

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 Savannah State 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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools	41
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	104
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	115
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	207

Earnings of Savannah State University Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Savannah State University is $25,087. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Savannah State University

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

Savannah State University Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 18 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Savannah State University, about 11% were men and 89% were women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 47% 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 Savannah State University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Savannah State 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

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 Savannah State 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 Ammodramus under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.