Child Development & Psychology at University of Connecticut

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

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 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.

UCONN Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCONN Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UCONN 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 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.

Child Development Student Demographics at UCONN

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

UCONN Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

About 63% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UCONN are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCONN Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 33% of child development master's degrees went to men and 67% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. UCONN does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 12% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UCONN, 57% 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 Connecticut with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	12
International Students	3
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 Connecticut. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	25
Personality Psychology	10
Behavioral Neuroscience	5
Social Psychology	4
Developmental & Child Psychology	2
Experimental Psychology	2
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	2

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• General 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 CT, the home state for University of Connecticut.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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 Daderot under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.