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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

28 Colleges
$43,489 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,832 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's 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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 28 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.

Top 10 Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our analysis found Clarion University of Pennsylvania to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Clarion University is a small public school located in the remote town of Clarion.

Clarion University undergraduate students pay an average of $16,052 in tuition and fees each year.

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Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Montclair State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Montclair State are $21,418 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Edinboro University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Edinboro is a small public school located in the town of Edinboro.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Edinboro are $15,062 per year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, child development majors at Edinboro accumulate an average of around $28,368 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $220.

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Out of the 28 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the # 4 spot on the list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Pitt are $35,394 a year.

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Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Princeton University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Princeton are $56,010 a year.

Princeton also took the #1 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

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Colgate University

Hamilton, NY

Colgate University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Colgate is a small private not-for-profit school located in the town of Hamilton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Colgate are $61,966 a year.

Colgate also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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Albright College

Reading, PA

Albright College came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Albright is a small private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Reading.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Albright are $27,678 per year.

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Trinity Washington University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Trinity College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Trinity College are $25,110 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, child development majors at Trinity College accumulate an average of around $39,479 in student debt.

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Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Binghamton University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the midsize suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a large student population.

Binghamton University undergraduate students pay an average of $28,230 in tuition and fees each year.

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Haverford College

Haverford, PA

Haverford College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Haverford is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Haverford.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Haverford are $60,940 per year.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,017
New York 1,838
Maryland 128
New Jersey 546
District of Columbia 192
Delaware 210

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 25 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).

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