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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Maryland

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$21,679 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,282 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology 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.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Maryland ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Maryland to see which 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 Schools in Maryland

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

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD
$8,008 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Morgan State University the best value school in Maryland for child development and psychology students. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of Baltimore.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morgan State are $8,008 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Morgan State University Report

$12,280 Average Tuition & Fees

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 Schools in Maryland list. UMBC is a large public school located in the large suburb of Baltimore.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMBC are $12,280 per year.

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#3

Mount St Mary's University

Emmitsburg, MD
$44,750 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Mount St Mary’s University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Maryland list. The Mount is a small private not-for-profit school located in the fringe town of Emmitsburg.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at The Mount are $44,750 a year. While working on their degree, child development majors at The Mount accumulate an average of around $26,854 in student debt.

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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
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 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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