Find Affordable College Courses

What Do You Want to Study?

Child Development & Psychology at Duke University

Child Development & Psychology at Duke University

If you plan to study child development & psychology, take a look at what Duke University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Duke is located in Durham, North Carolina and has a total student population of 16,172.

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.

Duke Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Duke Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at Duke

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

Duke Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

75% Women
25% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 25% of child development master's degrees went to men and 75% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 22% men graduate in child development each year. Duke does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 3% more men than average.

undefined

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Duke, 75% 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 Duke University with a master's in child development.

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

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

The following child development concentations are available at Duke University. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Duke University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics 9

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 NC, the home state for Duke University.

Occupation Jobs in NC Average Salary in NC
Managers 11,990 $121,500
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 3,030 $77,470
Psychology Professors 1,020 $77,700

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.

Find Graduate Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited graduate schools across the U.S.