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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$32,904 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You

With 192 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, child development and psychology is the #38 most popular major in District of Columbia.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Master's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

GWU also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,017
New York 1,838
Maryland 128
New Jersey 546
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 values are for the top school 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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