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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

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$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #46 most popular major in Massachusetts with 804 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Check out the child development master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Master's in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

Our 2023 rankings named Harvard University the best school in Massachusetts for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Cambridge.

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#2

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Boston College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Located in the city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#3

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brandeis University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

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#4

Boston University

Boston, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Boston University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Boston U is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Boston.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Northeastern University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in Massachusetts. Located in the large city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #6, University of Massachusetts - Boston did quite well on this year’s best schools for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the large city of Boston.

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University of Massachusetts - Lowell landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree child development and psychology programs. UMass Lowell is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Lowell.

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#8

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, MA

Bay Path University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Longmeadow.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 294
New Hampshire 54
Maine 116
Rhode Island 73
Vermont 29

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 8 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of the rest of our data about colleges.
  • Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).

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