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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,171 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,832 Avg Salary

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #26 most popular major in Washington with 672 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Washington ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Washington to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for child development students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for child development majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Child Development & Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named Western Washington University the best value school in Washington for child development and psychology students working on their bachelor’s degree. WWU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bellingham.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WWU are $8,703 per year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Western Washington University Report

Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Seattle, UW Seattle is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW Seattle are $12,076 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, child development graduates from UW Seattle carry an average student debtload of $17,105. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $381, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

UW Seattle also took the #3 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington rankings.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Eastern Washington University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at EWU are $7,922 per year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, child development graduates from EWU carry an average student debtload of $21,960.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Eastern Washington University Report

#4

Whitman College

Walla Walla, WA

Out of the 4 schools in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Whitman College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Walla Walla, Whitman is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Whitman are $55,982 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Whitman College Report

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 4,035
Oregon 5
Nevada 52

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

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 4 schools 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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