Child Development & Psychology at University of South Carolina - Columbia

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

UofSC is located in Columbia, South Carolina and approximately 35,470 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.

UofSC Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

UofSC Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 5 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #50 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at UofSC

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

UofSC Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 3 child development students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from UofSC, about 67% were men and 33% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in child development each year. UofSC does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 43% more men than average.

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 South Carolina - Columbia with a master's in child development.

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

Related Majors

• 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 SC, the home state for University of South Carolina - Columbia.

Occupation	Jobs in SC	Average Salary in SC
Managers	1,760	$100,890
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,230	$63,050
Psychology Professors	330	$82,630
Psychologists	130	$92,560

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 Idibri under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.