Child Development & Psychology at University of Delaware

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

UD is located in Newark, Delaware and has a total student population of 23,613.

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.

UD Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UD Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UD 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 UD

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

UD Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 13% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 87% went to women.

About 70% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UD 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 Delaware with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	22
White	159
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	14

UD Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 27% of child development master's degrees went to men and 73% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. UD does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

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

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

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

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

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	210

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 DE, the home state for University of Delaware.

Occupation	Jobs in DE	Average Salary in DE
Managers	900	$134,410
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	480	$78,850

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 Ottawa80 at English Wikipedia under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.