Child Development & Psychology at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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

UIUC is located in Champaign, Illinois and approximately 52,679 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 583 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from UIUC.

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.

UIUC Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UIUC Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how UIUC performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at UIUC 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 Schools	80

In 2021, 26 students received their master’s degree in child development from UIUC. This makes it the #14 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 13 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #15 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

How Much Do Child Development Graduates from UIUC Make?

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UIUC is $28,388. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UIUC

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

UIUC Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 583 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Child Development & Psychology from UIUC in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at UIUC since its program graduates 7% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 6% 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 Illinois at Urbana-Champaign with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	108
Black or African American	51
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	244
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

UIUC Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 26 students who earned a master's degree in Child Development & Psychology from UIUC in 2020-2021, 35% were men and 65% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. UIUC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 13% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	10
International Students	11
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UIUC also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 13 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 IL, the home state for University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Occupation	Jobs in IL	Average Salary in IL
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,700	$75,180
Psychology Professors	1,510	$87,880
Psychologists	260	$87,410

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 Beyond My ken under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.