Child Development & Psychology at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and has a total student population of 26,552. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 77 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UPenn.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Child Development

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at UPenn compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	26
	37
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	41

In 2021, 64 students received their master’s degree in child development from UPenn. This makes it the #6 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 77 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in child development from UPenn in 2021, 26% were men and 74% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at UPenn since its program graduates 4% more men than average.

About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UPenn 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 Pennsylvania with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	5
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	42
International Students	12
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students graduated with a master's degree in child development from UPenn. About 13% were men and 88% were 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	9
Black or African American	4
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	13
International Students	33
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UPenn also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 12 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.