Child Development & Psychology at University of California - San Diego

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

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

UCSD is located in La Jolla, California and has a total student population of 39,576.

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.

UCSD Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCSD Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UCSD 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 3 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #66 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UCSD

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

UCSD Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

76% Women

67% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

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 UCSD since its program graduates 3% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 25% 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 - San Diego with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	23
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	36
White	18
International Students	15
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

UCSD Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

86% Women

21% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of child development master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	7
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

The following child development concentations are available at University of California - San Diego. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - San Diego. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Developmental & Child Psychology	29
Social Psychology	26
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	23
Experimental Psychology	7

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 - San Diego.

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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