Child Development & Psychology at Yale University

If you plan to study child development and psychology, take a look at what Yale University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Yale is located in New Haven, Connecticut and approximately 12,060 students attend the school each year. During the 2020-2021 academic year, 34 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.

Yale Child Development & Psychology Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Child Development
• Doctorate 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

Of the 34 students who earned a master's degree in Child Development & Psychology from Yale in 2020-2021, 29% were men and 71% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 23% men graduate in child development each year. Yale does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 6% more men than average.

Of the students who received a child development master's degree from Yale, 56% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	19
International Students	9
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Related Majors

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.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Jdbrandt under License

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