Child Development & Psychology at University of North Alabama

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

UNA is located in Florence, Alabama and has a total student population of 8,086. In 2021, 52 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from UNA.

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.

UNA Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

UNA Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how UNA 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 UNA 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
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	59
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	89
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	124
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	163
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	201
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Earnings of UNA Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UNA is $24,142. Unfortunately, this is lower than the national average of $30,859 for all child development students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UNA

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

UNA Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 52 students who earned a bachelor's degree in Child Development & Psychology from UNA in 2020-2021, 17% were men and 83% were women.

About 60% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UNA 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 North Alabama with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	31
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UNA also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student 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 AL, the home state for University of North Alabama.

Occupation	Jobs in AL	Average Salary in AL
Managers	2,110	$106,680
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	720	$69,070
Psychology Professors	400	$68,660
Psychologists	140	$90,050

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 User:Altairisfar under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.