The main focus area for this major is Developmental & Child 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 Savannah State University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the bachelor’s degree program in child development, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.
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BA in Psychology - Child & Adolescent Development
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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 Savannah State University was ranked #200 on College Factual's Best Schools for child development list. It is also ranked #6 in Georgia.
Here are some of the other rankings for Savannah State University.
During the 2019-2020 academic year, part-time undergraduate students at Savannah State University paid an average of $616 per credit hour if they came to the school from out-of-state. In-state students paid a discounted rate of $169 per credit hour. 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 | $4,064 | $14,786 |
Fees | $1,838 | $1,838 |
Books and Supplies | $1,600 | $1,600 |
On Campus Room and Board | $7,762 | $7,762 |
On Campus Other Expenses | $2,150 | $2,150 |
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One way to think about how much a school will cost is to look at how much in student loans that you have to take out to get your degree. Students who received their bachelor’s degree at Savannah State University in Child Development walked away with an average of $33,195 in student debt. That is 50% higher than the national average of $22,183.
child development who receive their bachelor’s degree from Savannah State University make an average of $30,409 a year during the early days of their career. That is about the same as the national average of $30,178.
Online degrees for the Savannah State University 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 Savannah State University Online Learning page.
Women made up around 90.5% of the child development students who took home a bachelor’s degree in 2019-2020. This is higher than the nationwide number of 78.3%.
Of those graduates who received a bachelor’s degree in child development at Savannah State University in 2019-2020, 95.2% were racial-ethnic minorities*. This is higher than the nationwide number of 44%.
Race/Ethnicity | Number of Students |
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Asian | 0 |
Black or African American | 18 |
Hispanic or Latino | 1 |
Native American or Alaska Native | 0 |
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0 |
White | 0 |
International Students | 1 |
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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Developmental & Child Psychology | 21 |
*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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