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Child Development & Psychology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Child Development & Psychology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 52,017.

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.

UMN Twin Cities Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UMN Twin Cities Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UMN Twin Cities 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 23 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #4 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UMN Twin Cities

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

UMN Twin Cities Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

95% Women
32% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 5% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 95% went to women.

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About 57% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UMN Twin Cities 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 10
Black or African American 11
Hispanic or Latino 5
White 63
International Students 11
Other Races/Ethnicities 11

UMN Twin Cities Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

91% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 9% of child development master's degrees went to men and 91% went to women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UMN Twin Cities, 66% 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 Minnesota - Twin Cities with a master's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 3
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 31
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 4

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 Minnesota - Twin Cities. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Developmental & Child Psychology 155
Other Research & Experimental Psychology 19

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 MN, the home state for University of Minnesota - Twin Cities.

Occupation Jobs in MN Average Salary in MN
Managers 9,350 $128,590
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 3,220 $85,860
Psychology Professors 710 $86,380
Psychologists 440 $93,310

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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