Child Development & Psychology at Capella University

Every child development and psychology school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the child development program at Capella University stacks up to those at other schools.

Capella University is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and has a total student population of 38,930. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 135 students received their master's degree in child development.

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.

Capella University Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Online Classes Are Available at Capella University

If you are a working student or have a busy schedule, you may want to consider taking online classes. While these classes used to be mostly populated by returning adults, more and more traditional students are turning to this option.

Are you one of the many who prefer to take online classes? Capella University offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

Capella University Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 8 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #37 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Capella University

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

Capella University Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

The child development program at Capella University awarded 135 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 5% of these degrees went to men with the other 95% going to women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Capella University, 51% were white. This is typical for this degree on the natiowide level. In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 39% of degree recipients. That is 9% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	31
Hispanic or Latino	11
White	69
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	21

Related Majors

• General Psychology
• Clinical, Counseling & Applied 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 MN, the home state for Capella University.

Occupation	Jobs in MN	Average Salary in MN
Managers	9,350	$128,590
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	3,220	$85,860
Psychology Professors	710	$86,380
Psychologists	440	$93,310

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.