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Child Development & Psychology at Washington University in St Louis

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Child Development & Psychology at Washington University in St Louis

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

WUSTL is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and approximately 15,449 students attend the school each year. Of the 2,441 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Washington University in St Louis in 2021, 185 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.

WUSTL Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

WUSTL Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at WUSTL 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, 10 students received their master’s degree in child development from WUSTL. This makes it the #39 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 15 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #13 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at WUSTL

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at Washington University in St Louis.

WUSTL Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

76% Women
36% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
The child development program at WUSTL awarded 185 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 24% of these degrees went to men with the other 76% going to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at WUSTL since its program graduates 2% more men than average.

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About 55% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at WUSTL 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 University in St Louis with a bachelor's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 21
Black or African American 21
Hispanic or Latino 16
White 101
International Students 14
Other Races/Ethnicities 12

WUSTL Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

100% Women
20% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
Of the 10 students who earned a master's degree in Child Development & Psychology from WUSTL in 2020-2021, 0% were men and 100% were women.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from WUSTL, 70% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 0
White 7
International Students 1
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

WUSTL also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 15 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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 MO, the home state for Washington University in St Louis.

Occupation Jobs in MO Average Salary in MO
Managers 3,980 $97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 1,330 $76,480
Psychology Professors 650 $83,520
Psychologists 190 $86,730

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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