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 Lake Forest 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, ethnicity of students, related majors and concentrations, and more.
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BA in Psychology - Child & Adolescent Development
Gain practical experience working with children in a variety of settings with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
Advance in your human services or psychology career, or prepare for graduate studies in a variety of fields at Southern New Hampshire University.
Each year, we produce a number of different types of college rankings to help students decide which school is the best fit for them. The bachelor's program at Lake Forest was ranked #65 on College Factual's Best Schools for child development list. It is also ranked #4 in Illinois.
Here are some of the other rankings for Lake Forest.
In 2019-2020, the average part-time undergraduate tuition at Lake Forest was $1,529 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for undergraduates are shown in the table below.
In State | Out of State | |
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Tuition | $48,920 | $48,920 |
Fees | $902 | $902 |
Books and Supplies | $1,000 | $1,000 |
On Campus Room and Board | $10,954 | $10,954 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,784 | $2,784 |
Learn more about Lake Forest tuition and fees.
Online degrees for the Lake Forest child development bachelor’s degree program are not available at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Lake Forest Online Learning page.
About 97.1% of the students who received their Bachelor’s in child development in 2019-2020 were women. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.3%.
Racial-ethnic minority graduates* made up 17.6% of the child development bachelor’s degrees at Lake Forest in 2019-2020. This is lower than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 1 |
Black or African American | 1 |
Hispanic or Latino | 4 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 25 |
International Students | 2 |
Other Races/Ethnicities | 1 |
Child Development & Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.
Focus Area | Annual Graduates |
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Other Research & Experimental Psychology | 34 |
*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.