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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$12,236 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #94 most popular major in Maryland with 128 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Maryland ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Maryland to see which master's degree 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Our analysis found Morgan State University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Maryland. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Morgan State are $9,657 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Morgan State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Maryland - Baltimore County. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. UMBC is a large public school located in the suburb of Baltimore.

UMBC graduate students pay an average of $14,814 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at University of Maryland - Baltimore County

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 1,017
New York 1,838
New Jersey 546
District of Columbia 192
Delaware 210

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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