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Child Development & Psychology at Washington and Lee University

Child Development & Psychology at Washington and Lee University

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

Washington and Lee is located in Lexington, Virginia and approximately 2,183 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.

Washington and Lee Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

  • Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Washington and Lee Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Washington and Lee 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.

Child Development Student Demographics at Washington and Lee

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

Washington and Lee Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

90% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 10% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 90% went to women.

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About 77% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Washington and Lee 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 Washington and Lee University with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 0
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 23
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

The following child development concentations are available at Washington and Lee University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Washington and Lee University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Other Research & Experimental Psychology 25

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 VA, the home state for Washington and Lee University.

Occupation Jobs in VA Average Salary in VA
Managers 17,280 $134,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 2,680 $80,380
Psychology Professors 1,200 $75,770
Psychologists 400 $97,200

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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