Child Development & Psychology at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

What traits are you looking for in a child development school? To help you decide if University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's child development program.

U-M is located in Ann Arbor, Michigan and approximately 47,907 students attend the school each year.

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.

U-M Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

U-M Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 26 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #2 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at U-M

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

U-M Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 17% of child development master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

In the child development master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 49% of degree recipients. That is 6% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	2
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	13
International Students	3
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

Concentrations Within Child Development & Psychology

If you plan to be a child development major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology	45
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	7

Related Majors

• Other 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 MI, the home state for University of Michigan - Ann Arbor.

Occupation	Jobs in MI	Average Salary in MI
Managers	6,370	$98,780
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	2,430	$83,210
Psychology Professors	930	$92,000
Psychologists	190	$88,120

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 Dwight Burdette under License

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