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Child Development & Psychology at Yale University

Child Development & Psychology at Yale University

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

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 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.

Yale Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

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

Yale Child Development & Psychology Rankings

There were 16 students who received their doctoral degrees in child development, making the school the #11 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Child Development Student Demographics at Yale

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

Yale Child Development & Psychology Master’s Program

83% Women
23% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
For the most recent academic year available, 18% of child development master's degrees went to men and 83% went to women.

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

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 6
Black or African American 0
Hispanic or Latino 2
White 13
International Students 16
Other Races/Ethnicities 3

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 Yale University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration Annual Degrees Awarded
Experimental Psychology 50

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 CT, the home state for Yale University.

Occupation Jobs in CT Average Salary in CT
Managers 6,590 $129,730
Clinical, Counseling, and School Psychologists 1,720 $90,870
Psychology Professors 770 $88,070
Psychologists 190 $96,180

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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