Child Development & Psychology at Tennessee Wesleyan University

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

TWU is located in Athens, Tennessee and approximately 1,116 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 2 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from TWU.

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.

TWU Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

TWU Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at TWU 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 TWU 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
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	131
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	144
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	149
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	219

Child Development Student Demographics at TWU

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

TWU Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 2 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from TWU. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at TWU 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 Tennessee Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in child development.

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

TWU also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student 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 TN, the home state for Tennessee Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Brian Stansberry under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.