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

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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$26,473 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 4 schools in the Southeast Region to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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. 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.

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

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

#1

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

Our 2023 rankings named Henderson State University the best value school in the Southeast Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Arkadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Henderson State University are $9,108 a year.

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#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 4 schools in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at ECU are $20,743 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, ECU is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list.

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#3

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fayetteville State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region list. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Fayetteville.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Fayetteville State University are $16,900 a year.

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#4

Duke University

Durham, NC

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Duke University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Southeast Region . Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Durham.

Duke graduate students pay an average of $59,141 in tuition and fees each year.

Duke also took the #2 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southeast Region rankings.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 352
Virginia 27
North Carolina 155
Florida 544
Tennessee 398
Kentucky 126
South Carolina 348
Louisiana 5
Arkansas 18
Alabama 55
Mississippi 7

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 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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