Child Development & Psychology at Stanford University

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

Stanford is located in Stanford, California and approximately 15,953 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,511 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Stanford University in 2021, 49 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.

Stanford Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Stanford Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Stanford 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
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Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	62

In 2021, 5 students received their master’s degree in child development from Stanford. This makes it the #65 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Stanford

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

Stanford Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 49 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from Stanford in 2021, 31% were men and 69% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Stanford since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 11% 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 Stanford University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	16
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Stanford Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 5 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from Stanford in 2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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

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

Stanford also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 9 students 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 CA, the home state for Stanford University.

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 Pere Joan under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.