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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$29,999 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,693 Avg Salary

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #46 most popular major in Illinois with 857 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Illinois to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in Illinois to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Child Development & Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign the best value school in Illinois for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UIUC are $17,823 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UIUC is ranked #4 for overall quality for child development in Illinois.

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#2

DePaul University

Chicago, IL

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at DePaul are $18,341 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Loyola University Chicago helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in Illinois. Located in the city of Chicago, Loyola Chicago is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

Out of the 4 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Chicago landed the # 4 spot on the list. UChicago is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Chicago.

UChicago graduate students pay an average of $63,936 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UChicago also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 794
Ohio 107
Indiana 721
Wisconsin 11

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 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).

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