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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$8,853 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$16,517 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #58 most popular major in the country with 17,542 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree School

#1

Park University

Parkville, MO

Our 2023 rankings named Park University the best value school in the United States for child development and psychology students working on their associate degree. Located in the suburb of Parkville, Park University is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Park University are $8,853 a year. Child Development majors at Park University take out an average of $19,254 in student loans while working on their Associate Degree.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Park University also did well on our Best Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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Child Development & Psychology by Region

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One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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

Notes and References

*These values are for the top school only.

  • 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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