Child Development & Psychology at Whitman College

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

Whitman is located in Walla Walla, Washington and has a total student population of 1,360. Of the 345 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Whitman College in 2021, 37 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.

Whitman Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Child Development

Whitman Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks child development programs across the country. The following shows how Whitman performed in these rankings.

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 Whitman 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 Schools	3
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	32
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools	41
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	86
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Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	91
Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools	161

Child Development Student Demographics at Whitman

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

Whitman Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Program

Of the 37 child development students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Whitman, about 38% were men and 62% were women. The typical child development bachelor's degree program is made up of only 22% men. So male students are more repesented at Whitman since its program graduates 16% more men than average.

About 81% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in child development at Whitman 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 Whitman College with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	30
International Students	2
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Whitman 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 WA, the home state for Whitman College.

Occupation	Jobs in WA	Average Salary in WA
Managers	11,280	$125,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,330	$73,840
Psychology Professors	860	$68,420
Psychologists	370	$102,760

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 Adamsofen under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.