Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Find Schools Near

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$33,127 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for child development majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Stony Brook University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $25,628 per year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Stony Brook University Report

#1

Hunter College

New York, NY

Our analysis found Hunter College to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Middle Atlantic Region . Hunter is a very large public school located in the city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Hunter are $20,828 per year.

Read More…

Out of the 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Columbia University in the City of New York landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Columbia are $52,924 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Columbia is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Read More…

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology colleges 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

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 3 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.

Featured Schools

Find Schools Near You

Our free school finder matches students with accredited colleges across the U.S.