Child Development & Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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

The Graduate Center is located in New York, New York and approximately 9,300 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 29 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.

The Graduate Center Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

The Graduate Center Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #28 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at The Graduate Center

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at The Graduate Center, CUNY.

The Graduate Center Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

The child development program at The Graduate Center awarded 29 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 28% of these degrees went to men with the other 72% going to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in child development each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 4% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from The Graduate Center, 55% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 34% of degree recipients. That is 5% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	16
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• 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 NY, the home state for The Graduate Center, CUNY.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Managers	16,600	$124,160
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	11,370	$94,140
Psychology Professors	4,840	$99,690
Psychologists	480	$99,640

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 Alex Irklievski under License

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