Child Development & Psychology at University of California - Santa Barbara

Every child development & psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at University of California - Santa Barbara stacks up to those at other schools.

UCSB is located in Santa Barbara, California and has a total student population of 26,179.

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.

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UCSB 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UCSB

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

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 73% 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 UCSB since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% 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 - Santa Barbara with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	124
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	154
White	235
International Students	45
Other Races/Ethnicities	83

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of child development master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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

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

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 completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of California - Santa Barbara. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology	410
Behavioral Neuroscience	168

Related Majors

• Other 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 CA, the home state for University of California - Santa Barbara.

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 Nandaro under License

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