Child Development & Psychology at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and has a total student population of 12,060. In 2021, 53 child development majors received their bachelor's degree from Yale.

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
• Doctorate Degree in Child Development

Yale Child Development & Psychology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the child development progam at Yale 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools	38
Most Focused Child Development & Psychology Schools	87

In 2021, 34 students received their master’s degree in child development from Yale. This makes it the #9 most popular school for child development master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

The child development program at Yale awarded 53 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 17% of these degrees went to men with the other 83% going to women.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 7% 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	9
Black or African American	3
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	22
International Students	5
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

Yale Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 34 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from Yale in 2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 7% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Yale, 56% 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 Yale University with a master's in child development.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Yale also has a doctoral program available in child development. In 2021, 16 students 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 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

More about our data sources and methodologies.