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Child Development & Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY

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.

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

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

61% Women
26% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 39% of child development master's degrees went to men and 61% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. The Graduate Center does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 18% more men than average.

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Of the students who received a child development master's degree from The Graduate Center, 61% 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 The Graduate Center, CUNY with a master's in child development.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 2
Hispanic or Latino 1
White 14
International Students 3
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

If you plan to be a child development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from The Graduate Center, CUNY. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology 23
Behavioral Neuroscience 9
Developmental & Child Psychology 3
Social Psychology 3

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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