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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$40,003 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

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.

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

Check out the child development master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

#1

Duquesne University

Pittsburgh, PA

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.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Duquesne are $24,534 per year.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Duquesne University

#2

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Pennsylvania is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. 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.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UPenn is ranked #2 for overall quality for child development in Pennsylvania.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Pennsylvania Report

#3

Drexel University

Philadelphia, PA

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Drexel University is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Drexel is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Drexel are $37,074 a year.

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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
New York 1,838
Maryland 128
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 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.

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