Child Development & Psychology at University of Connecticut

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if University of Connecticut is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

UCONN is located in Storrs, Connecticut and approximately 27,215 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 19 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UCONN.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Child Development

UCONN Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	14
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools	16
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	144

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in child development from UCONN. This makes it the #36 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.

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from UCONN Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UCONN is $33,189. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 8% higher than the national average of $30,859 for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

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

Of the 19 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from UCONN in 2021, 42% were men and 58% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at UCONN since its program graduates 20% more men than average.

About 58% 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	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	11
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

UCONN Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 students graduated with a master's degree in child development from UCONN. About 0% were men and 100% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UCONN, 73% 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	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	8
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

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.