by our College Data Analytics TeamStudents interested in developmental & child psychology, take a look at other closely related fields of study. Below you will find majors with similar career paths, related concentrations and specializations, and the most popular similar majors, ranked by annual graduates.
Programs here prepare graduates for occupations that overlap with those of developmental & child psychology, based on the NCES CIP-to-SOC career crosswalk. Sorted by the number of shared occupations.
| Similar Major | Shared Careers | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|---|
| Applied Behavior Analysis | 3 | 6,914 |
| Clinical Child Psychology | 3 | 106 |
| Clinical Psychology | 3 | 6,059 |
| Counseling Psychology | 3 | 11,691 |
| Family Psychology | 3 | 101 |
| Geropsychology | 3 | 3 |
| Health/Medical Psychology | 3 | — |
| Psychology, General | 3 | 147,078 |
| Applied Psychology | 2 | 2,998 |
| Clinical, Counseling and Applied Psychology, Other | 2 | 577 |
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Research and Experimental Psychology, Other | 13,996 |
| Experimental Psychology | 4,439 |
| Behavioral Neuroscience | 1,424 |
| Social Psychology | 458 |
| Cognitive Psychology and Psycholinguistics | 380 |
| Psychometrics and Quantitative Psychology | 203 |
| Psychopharmacology | 67 |
| Personality Psychology | 17 |
| Comparative Psychology | 9 |
Part of the broader field of Research and Experimental Psychology, developmental & child psychology connects to the wider programs in that field.
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