Child Development & Psychology at University of California - Santa Barbara

Every child development and 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. Of the 7,001 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from University of California - Santa Barbara in 2021, 567 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.

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UCSB 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	17
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	53
	82
	104

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in child development from UCSB. This makes it the #59 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from UCSB Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCSB is $28,978. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development 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

Of the 567 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UCSB, about 26% were men and 74% were 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 4% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 12% 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	115
Black or African American	15
Hispanic or Latino	124
White	224
International Students	21
Other Races/Ethnicities	68

UCSB Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 6 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UCSB, about 17% were men and 83% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UCSB, 67% 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 - Santa Barbara with a master's in child development.

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

UCSB also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 5 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.