Child Development & Psychology at New York 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 New York University stacks up to those at other schools.

NYU is located in New York, New York and has a total student population of 52,775. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 262 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.

NYU Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

NYU Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 22 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #5 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at NYU

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

NYU Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 262 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from NYU in 2021, 21% were men and 79% were women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 32% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	14
Black or African American	33
Hispanic or Latino	30
White	113
International Students	57
Other Races/Ethnicities	15

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 NY, the home state for New York University.

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 Cincin12 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.