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Vassar College Bachelor’s in Child Development & Psychology

44 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
$17,127 Average Student Debt

The main focus area for this major is Other Research & Experimental Psychology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Child Development & Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at Vassar College. Here, you’ll find out more about the major bachelor’s degree program in child development, including such details as the number of graduates, diversity of students, and more.

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Rankings for the Vassar Bachelor’s in Child Development

#19 in the U.S
#4 in New York

In order to help students and their parents find the best school for them, we have created several different types of college rankings, which are updated yearly. Vassar is in the top 10% of the country for child development. More specifically it was ranked #19 out of 211 schools by College Factual. It is also ranked #4 in New York.

Here are some of the other rankings for Vassar.

Ranking Type Rank
Highest Paid Bachelor’s Degree Child Development & Psychology Graduates 8
Highest Paid Child Development & Psychology Graduates 10
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools 16
Best Child Development & Psychology Schools 19
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $75-$110k) 24
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $0-$30k) 26
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $48-$75k) 28
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $0-$30k) 29
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $75-$110k) 30
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $48-$75k) 31
Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology 32
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $30-$48k) 33
Most Focused Colleges for Child Development & Psychology 34
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (With Aid) 38
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $30-$48k) 39
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (With Aid) 59
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology 62
Most Popular Colleges for Child Development & Psychology 70
Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans 81
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income Over $110k) 89
Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology 133
Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges for Veterans 134
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income Over $110k) 136
Best Value Colleges for Child Development & Psychology 205

How Much Does a Bachelor’s in Child Development from Vassar Cost?

$61,010 Average Tuition and Fees (In-State)
$17,127 Average Student Debt

Vassar Undergraduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Vassar was $1,842 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. Information about average full-time undergraduate tuition and fees is shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $60,030 $60,030
Fees $980 $980
Books and Supplies $900 $900
On Campus Room and Board $14,990 $14,990
On Campus Other Expenses $1,350 $1,350

Learn more about Vassar tuition and fees.

Vassar Child Development Bachelor’s Student Debt

You may also want to consider how much in student loans you’ll need when thinking about the overall cost to attend a school. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Vassar in Child Development walked away with an average of $17,127 in student debt. That is 23% lower than the national average of $22,183.

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Does Vassar Offer an Online Bachelor’s in Child Development?

Vassar does not offer an online option for its child development bachelor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Vassar Online Learning page.

Vassar Bachelor’s Student Diversity for Child Development

44 Bachelor's Degrees Awarded
86.4% Women
31.8% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
In the 2019-2020 academic year, 44 students received their bachelor’s degree in child development. The gender and racial-ethnic breakdown of those individuals is shown below.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their bachelor’s degree in child development in 2019-2020, 86.4% of them were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.3%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 31.8% of the child development bachelor’s degrees at Vassar in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 2
Black or African American 6
Hispanic or Latino 4
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 25
International Students 5
Other Races/Ethnicities 2

Bachelor’s in Child Development Focus Areas at Vassar

Child Development & Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology 44

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.

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