Child Development & Psychology at Union College New York

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

Union College is located in Schenectady, New York and has a total student population of 2,047. Of the 542 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Union College New York in 2021, 38 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.

Union College Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Union College Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Union College 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 Union College 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 Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	75
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	85

Child Development Student Demographics at Union College

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Union College New York.

Union College Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 24% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Union College since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Union College 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 Union College New York with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	28
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Union College also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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 NY, the home state for Union College New York.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Daniel Case under License

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