2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor'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.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region 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.
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 Doctor's Degree Schools
Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.
The Graduate Center graduate students pay an average of $23,640 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, The Graduate Center is ranked #5 for overall quality for child development in the Middle Atlantic Region .
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 a year.
Cornell also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’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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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Delaware is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a very large public school located in the suburb of Newark.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hofstra are $28,180 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a large student population.
UMBC graduate students pay an average of $23,580 in tuition and fees each year.
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Binghamton University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the midsize suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Binghamton University are $25,570 a year.
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With a ranking of #7, University of Pennsylvania did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.
UPenn also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #3.
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George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at GWU are $32,904 per year.
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With a ranking of #9, Princeton University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the small city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.
Princeton graduate students pay an average of $58,790 in tuition and fees each year.
Princeton also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #1.
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Temple University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Temple are $24,812 per year.
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Request InformationBest Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best child development and psychology schools 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 |
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Child Development & Psychology Related Majors for Child Development
Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Related Majors
| 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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