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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

22 Colleges
$32,500 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 22 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our analysis found Montclair State University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . Montclair State is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The Graduate Center, CUNY is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 per year.

The Graduate Center also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 per year.

Cornell did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Cornell University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UD also did well on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Fordham University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Bronx.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fordham U are $23,846 per year.

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#6

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

Duquesne University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, Duquesne is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

Duquesne graduate students pay an average of $24,534 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #7, University of Maryland - Baltimore County did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMBC are $23,580 per year.

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#8

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Morgan State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Morgan State graduate students pay an average of $17,559 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #9 on the list. UPenn is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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

UPenn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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#10

St. Francis College

Brooklyn Heights, NY

St. Francis College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. SFC is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Brooklyn Heights.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at SFC are $16,000 a 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 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 22 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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