Child Development & Psychology at University of Pennsylvania

Every child development & psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at University of Pennsylvania stacks up to those at other schools.

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552.

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.

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UPenn 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 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 19% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	7
Black or African American	14
Hispanic or Latino	6
White	36
International Students	8
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 14% of child development master's degrees went to men and 86% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	10
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	22
International Students	53
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

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 Pennsylvania. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	91
Developmental & Child Psychology	62

Related Majors

• General Psychology
• 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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation	Jobs in PA	Average Salary in PA
Managers	11,060	$126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,440	$83,610
Psychology Professors	2,130	$89,300
Psychologists	460	$87,940

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 WestCoastivieS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.