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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$39,796 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 Massachusetts with 804 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in Massachusetts 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

Check out the child development doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA

Our analysis found Boston College to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Massachusetts. Located in the small city of Chestnut Hill, Boston College is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

Boston College graduate students pay an average of $32,722 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harvard University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. Harvard is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Cambridge.

Harvard graduate students pay an average of $52,170 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Northeastern University is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Boston, Northeastern is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Northeastern graduate students pay an average of $26,095 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Massachusetts - Boston. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list. UMass Boston is a large public school located in the city of Boston.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UMass Boston are $18,938 a year.

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#5

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA

Out of the 7 schools in Massachusetts that were part of this year’s ranking, Brandeis University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Brandeis is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Waltham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Brandeis are $53,618 a year.

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#6

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Tufts University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts ranking. Located in the large suburb of Medford, Tufts is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Tufts are $55,216 per year.

Tufts did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Massachusetts list.

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#7

Suffolk University

Boston, MA

Suffolk University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree child development and psychology programs. Suffolk is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Boston.

Suffolk graduate students pay an average of $39,813 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Connecticut 294
New Hampshire 54
Maine 116
Rhode Island 73
Vermont 29

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child Development

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 7 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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