Child Development & Psychology at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060.

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.

Yale Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Yale Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The child development major at Yale 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.

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale 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 Yale since its program graduates 9% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% 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 Yale University with a bachelor's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	16
Black or African American	11
Hispanic or Latino	10
White	27
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 18% of child development master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	6
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	13
International Students	16
Other Races/Ethnicities	3

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

The following child development concentations are available at Yale University. The table shows all degrees awarded in this field awarded for all degree levels at Yale University. A concentration may not be available for your level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology	103

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 CT, the home state for Yale 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 Jdbrandt under License

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