Child Development & Psychology at New Mexico State University - Main Campus

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if New Mexico State University - Main Campus is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

NMSU Main Campus is located in Las Cruces, New Mexico and approximately 14,227 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 8 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.

NMSU Main Campus Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Child Development

Online Classes Are Available at NMSU Main Campus

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? NMSU Main Campus offers distance education options for child development at the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

NMSU Main Campus Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 0 student who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #90 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at NMSU Main Campus

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the child development majors at New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

NMSU Main Campus Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 8 students who earned a master's degree in Child Development & Psychology from NMSU Main Campus in 2020-2021, 25% were men and 75% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in child development each year. NMSU Main Campus does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 2% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 50% of degree recipients. That is 20% better than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from New Mexico State University - Main Campus with a master's in child development.

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

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 NM, the home state for New Mexico State University - Main Campus.

Occupation	Jobs in NM	Average Salary in NM
Managers	2,850	$96,490
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	940	$73,600
Psychologists	90	$84,080

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 AllenS under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.