Child Development & Psychology at Vanderbilt University

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

Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and approximately 13,537 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 6 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.

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Child Development

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Rankings

Child Development Student Demographics at Vanderbilt

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

Vanderbilt Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

Of the 6 students who earned a master's degree in Child Development & Psychology from Vanderbilt in 2020-2021, 33% were men and 67% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in child development each year. Vanderbilt does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 10% more men than average.

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

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

Related Majors

• Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology
• General 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 TN, the home state for Vanderbilt University.

Occupation	Jobs in TN	Average Salary in TN
Managers	14,480	$83,010
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists	1,800	$69,510
Psychology Professors	660	$74,260
Psychologists	230	$87,260

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 Dansan4444 under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.