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Child Development & Psychology at University of Massachusetts - Boston

Child Development & Psychology at University of Massachusetts - Boston

If you are interested in studying child development & psychology, you may want to check out the program at University of Massachusetts - Boston. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UMass Boston is located in Boston, Massachusetts and has a total student population of 16,259.

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.

UMass Boston Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

UMass Boston Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UMass Boston 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 6 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #45 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UMass Boston

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

UMass Boston Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
65% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 24% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 76% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at UMass Boston since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 22% 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 Massachusetts - Boston with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 3
White 4
International Students 0
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

Child Development & Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at University of Massachusetts - Boston. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Social Psychology 29
Developmental & Child Psychology 8

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 MA, the home state for University of Massachusetts - Boston.

Occupation Jobs in MA Average Salary in MA
Managers 8,660 $131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 4,050 $86,490
Psychology Professors 1,490 $97,690
Psychologists 980 $83,550

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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