Child Development & Psychology at University of Central Missouri

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 University of Central Missouri stacks up to those at other schools.

UCM is located in Warrensburg, Missouri and approximately 9,959 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 3 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.

UCM Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Child Development

UCM Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at UCM

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

UCM Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 3 students who graduated with a master’s in child development from UCM in 2021, 33% were men and 67% were women.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from UCM, 67% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level. In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 33% of degree recipients. That is 4% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	2
International Students	0
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 MO, the home state for University of Central Missouri.

Occupation	Jobs in MO	Average Salary in MO
Managers	3,980	$97,820
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,330	$76,480
Psychology Professors	650	$83,520
Psychologists	190	$86,730

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

More about our data sources and methodologies.