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Child Development & Psychology at University of Pennsylvania

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Child Development & Psychology at University of Pennsylvania

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

UPenn is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and approximately 26,552 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 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.

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 12 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #17 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UPenn

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

UPenn Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

88% Women
28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2020-2021 academic year, 64 students earned a master's degree in child development from UPenn. About 88% of these graduates were women and the other 13% were men.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 9
Black or African American 4
Hispanic or Latino 4
White 13
International Students 33
Other Races/Ethnicities 1

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 PA, the home state for University of Pennsylvania.

Occupation Jobs in PA Average Salary in PA
Managers 11,060 $126,290
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 4,440 $83,610
Psychology Professors 2,130 $89,300
Psychologists 460 $87,940

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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