Child Development & Psychology at University of California - Riverside

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

UCR is located in Riverside, California and has a total student population of 26,434. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 593 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UCR.

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.

UCR Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCR Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UCR compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at UCR 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 Doctor’s Degree Schools	8
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	42
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools	73
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	101

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

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of UCR Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCR is $23,518. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

The child development program at UCR awarded 593 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 26% of these degrees went to men with the other 74% going to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at UCR since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 44% 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 - Riverside with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	172
Black or African American	37
Hispanic or Latino	279
White	71
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	25

UCR Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 14 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UCR, about 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. UCR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 15% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

UCR also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 17 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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 - Riverside.

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
• Image Credit: By Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.