Child Development & Psychology at University of California - Riverside

If you are interested in studying child development and psychology, you may want to check out the program at University of California - Riverside. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

UCR is located in Riverside, California and approximately 26,434 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 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.

UCR Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UCR Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 17 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UCR

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

UCR Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 14 students graduated with a master's degree in child development from UCR. About 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in child development each year. UCR does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 5% more men than average.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 57% of degree recipients. That is 28% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	4
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

Related Majors

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 CA, the home state for University of California - Riverside.

Occupation	Jobs in CA	Average Salary in CA
Managers	66,300	$143,350
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	17,310	$108,350
Psychology Professors	4,530	$117,990
Psychologists	2,080	$114,860

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 Amerique under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.