Child Development & Psychology at Wesleyan University

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if Wesleyan University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

Wesleyan U is located in Middletown, Connecticut and has a total student population of 3,053.

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.

Wesleyan U Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Wesleyan U Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Wesleyan U 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 Wesleyan U

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

Wesleyan U Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 31% of child development bachelor's degrees went to men and 69% went to women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Wesleyan U since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

About 62% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Wesleyan U 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 Wesleyan University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	32
International Students	4
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Wesleyan U Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of child development master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

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

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

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

Child Development & Psychology majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Wesleyan University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Behavioral Neuroscience	50

Related Majors

• 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 CT, the home state for Wesleyan University.

Occupation	Jobs in CT	Average Salary in CT
Managers	6,590	$129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,720	$90,870
Psychology Professors	770	$88,070
Psychologists	190	$96,180

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 Steadyjohn under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.