Child Development & Psychology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

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

UT Rio Grande Valley is located in Edinburg, Texas and approximately 32,441 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.

UT Rio Grande Valley Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Child Development

UT Rio Grande Valley Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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Child Development Student Demographics at UT Rio Grande Valley

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

UT Rio Grande Valley Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 4 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from UT Rio Grande Valley in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. UT Rio Grande Valley does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 28% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 100% of degree recipients. That is 58% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	0
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 TX, the home state for The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.