Child Development & Psychology at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville is located in Knoxville, Tennessee and has a total student population of 30,559. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 319 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UT Knoxville.

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.

UT Knoxville Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at UT Knoxville

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? UT Knoxville offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Bachelor’s Degree

UT Knoxville Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UT Knoxville 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 UT Knoxville 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	55
	63

In 2021, 14 students received their master’s degree in child development from UT Knoxville. This makes it the #29 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UT Knoxville

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

UT Knoxville Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 319 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Child Development & Psychology from UT Knoxville in 2020-2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UT Knoxville 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	26
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	244
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UT Knoxville Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 14 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from UT Knoxville in 2021, 36% were men and 64% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. UT Knoxville does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 14% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UT Knoxville, 71% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UT Knoxville also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 The University of Tennessee - Knoxville.

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 Nightryder84 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.