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Child Development & Psychology at University of South Carolina - Columbia

Child Development & Psychology at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 students attend the school each year.

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.

UofSC Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

UofSC Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UofSC 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 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

81% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 19% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 81% went to women.

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About 76% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at UofSC 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 South Carolina - Columbia with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 13
Black or African American 42
Hispanic or Latino 20
White 306
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 19

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

Child Development & Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of South Carolina - Columbia. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology 346

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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation Jobs in SC Average Salary in SC
Managers 1,760 $100,890
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 1,230 $63,050
Psychology Professors 330 $82,630
Psychologists 130 $92,560

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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