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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$30,883 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,693 Avg Salary

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #45 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 1,017 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Pennsylvania 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

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

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

#1

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Our analysis found Temple University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Pennsylvania. Temple is a very large public school located in the city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Temple are $18,278 a year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Pitt is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Pitt are $25,248 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus Report

#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pennsylvania. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the large city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at University of Pennsylvania

#4

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

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

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Drexel are $37,074 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Drexel University Report

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

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

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

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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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