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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$42,267 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,693 Avg Salary

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

With 192 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, child development and psychology is the #38 most popular major in District of Columbia.

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.

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 District of Columbia to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which doctor'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.

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Child Development & Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at GWU are $32,904 a year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for child development in District of Columbia.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in District of Columbia. CUA is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at CUA are $51,630 per year.

CUA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,017
New York 1,838
Maryland 128
New Jersey 546
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 2 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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