Child Development & Psychology at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,365 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Vanderbilt University in 2021, 36 of them were child development and psychology majors.

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.

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

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 Vanderbilt 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
	54
	70

In 2021, 6 students received their master’s degree in child development from Vanderbilt. This makes it the #59 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

Child Development Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 36 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Vanderbilt. About 94% of these graduates were women and the other 6% were men.

About 69% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Vanderbilt 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 Vanderbilt University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	25
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 students earned a master's degree in child development from Vanderbilt. About 67% of these graduates were women and the other 33% were men. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 11% more men than average.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	1
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Vanderbilt 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
• General 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.