2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You
Child Development & Psychology is the #45 most popular major in Pennsylvania with 1,017 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
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 Pennsylvania ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania 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.
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. 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.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Child Development & Psychology
Our analysis found Duquesne University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Pennsylvania. Duquesne is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duquesne are $24,534 a year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, UPenn is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.
UPenn graduate students pay an average of $42,932 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
UPenn also took the #2 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania rankings.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at Drexel University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in Pennsylvania. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.
Drexel graduate students pay an average of $37,074 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
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Request InformationBest 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 |
|---|---|
| New York | 1,838 |
| Maryland | 128 |
| New Jersey | 546 |
| District of Columbia | 192 |
| Delaware | 210 |
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Majors Related to Child Development
One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development
| 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.