Child Development & Psychology at Texas State University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Texas State University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Texas State is located in San Marcos, Texas and approximately 37,812 students attend the school each year.

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.

Texas State Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

Master’s Degree in Child Development

Texas State Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at Texas State

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

Texas State Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

65% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 35% of child development master's degrees went to men and 65% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. Texas State does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 48% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	10
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

If you plan to be a child development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Texas State University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology	13

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 TX, the home state for Texas State University.

Occupation	Jobs in TX	Average Salary in TX
Managers	20,710	$122,130
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	6,680	$73,650
Psychology Professors	3,080	$78,270
Psychologists	740	$90,780

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
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