Child Development & Psychology at Wellesley College

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

Wellesley is located in Wellesley, Massachusetts and approximately 2,280 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 62 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Wellesley.

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.

Wellesley Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Wellesley Child Development & Psychology Rankings

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

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The child development major at Wellesley 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	10
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	23
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	30
	44
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	57
	69

Earnings of Wellesley Child Development Graduates

The median salary of child development students who receive their bachelor's degree at Wellesley is $36,106. This is 17% higher than $30,859, which is the national average for all child development bachelor's degree recipients.

Child Development Student Demographics at Wellesley

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

Wellesley Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 62 students earned a bachelor's degree in child development from Wellesley. About 100% of these graduates were women and the other 0% were men.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 9% more racial-ethnic minorities in its child development bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	11
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	22
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Wellesley 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 MA, the home state for Wellesley College.

Occupation	Jobs in MA	Average Salary in MA
Managers	8,660	$131,450
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	4,050	$86,490
Psychology Professors	1,490	$97,690
Psychologists	980	$83,550

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 Jared and Corin under License

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