Child Development & Psychology at Washington and Lee University

If you plan to study child development and 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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students received a bachelor's degree in child development from Washington and Lee.

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 following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Washington and Lee 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	60
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	66
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	100
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	111

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 25 students graduated with a bachelor's degree in child development from Washington and Lee. About 8% were men and 92% were women.

About 84% 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.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	21
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Washington and Lee also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By User:BlueGold73 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.