Child Development & Psychology at University of California - Irvine

76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UC Irvine is located in Irvine, California and approximately 36,303 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.

UC Irvine Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UC Irvine Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UC Irvine 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.

There were 10 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #24 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UC Irvine

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

UC Irvine Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

77% Women

76% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 23% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 77% 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 UC Irvine since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 34% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	191
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	241
White	96
International Students	49
Other Races/Ethnicities	39

UC Irvine Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

78% Women

For the most recent academic year available, 22% of child development master's degrees went to men and 78% went to women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UC Irvine, 100% 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 University of California - Irvine with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	9
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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 table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of California - Irvine. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	420
Social Psychology	365
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	15

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Irvine.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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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