2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, child development and psychology was ranked #58 in the country. In fact 17,542 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
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.
Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology
Our 2023 rankings named Brigham Young University - Provo the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for child development and psychology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Provo, BYU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.
BYU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. U of U is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of U are $28,345 a year.
In addition to its great value ranking, U of U is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
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Out of the 8 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus landed the # 3 spot on the list. CU Anschutz is a very large public school located in the large city of Denver.
CU Anschutz undergraduate students pay an average of $26,376 in tuition and fees each year. Child Development majors at CU Anschutz take out an average of $25,536 in student loans while working on their egree.
CU Anschutz also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
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The excellent programs at Metropolitan State University of Denver helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . MSU Denver is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $27,502 per year. Child Development majors at MSU Denver take out an average of $26,345 in student loans while working on their egree.
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The excellent programs at Regis University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Regis U is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Denver.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Regis U are $39,610 per year.
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With a ranking of #6, University of Idaho did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students. U of I is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Moscow.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at U of I are $27,576 a year.
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Idaho State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for child development and psychology students. It came in at #7 on the list. ISU is a large public school located in the city of Pocatello.
ISU undergraduate students pay an average of $25,326 in tuition and fees each year.
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With a ranking of #8, Colorado Christian University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students. CCU is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood.
CCU undergraduate students pay an average of $25,473 in tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that child development majors at CCU take out is $19,500.
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Request InformationBest Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best child development and psychology colleges for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Colorado | 301 |
Utah | 419 |
Idaho | 4 |
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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 Related Majors
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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General Psychology | 141,695 |
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 33,758 |
Other Psychology | 2,683 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 8 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.