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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$23,308 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, child development and psychology was ranked #58 in the country. In fact 17,542 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Check out the child development graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles the best value school in the Far Western US Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus are $23,918 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nevada - Las Vegas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Far Western US Region . Located in the midsize city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNLV are $22,698 per year.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 4,035
Washington 672
Oregon 5
Nevada 52

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 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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