Child Development & Psychology at University of Washington - Seattle Campus

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

UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and has a total student population of 48,149. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 545 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from UW Seattle.

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.

UW Seattle Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UW Seattle Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at UW Seattle 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.

In 2021, 11 students received their master’s degree in child development from UW Seattle. This makes it the #36 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

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.

Earnings of UW Seattle Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at UW Seattle is $34,429. This is 12% higher than $30,859, which is the national average for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

Child Development Student Demographics at UW Seattle

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

UW Seattle Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 545 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from UW Seattle, about 22% were men and 78% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	124
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	189
International Students	115
Other Races/Ethnicities	53

UW Seattle Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 11 child development majors earned their master's degree from UW Seattle. Of these graduates, 18% were men and 82% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 45% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

UW Seattle also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 5 students 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 WA, the home state for University of Washington - Seattle Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Joe Mabel under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.