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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$21,122 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,745 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

In 2020-2021, 301 degrees and certificates were awarded to child development and psychology students who went to a Colorado college or university. This makes it the #52 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Colorado 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. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado

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

Best Colorado Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology

$9,384 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a degree in Colorado. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CU Anschutz are $9,384 per year. Child Development majors at CU Anschutz take out an average of $25,536 in student loans while working on their egree.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, CU Anschutz also is in the top 20% of our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado ranking.

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$10,021 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Metropolitan State University of Denver is a great value for child development and psychology students. Located in the large city of Denver, MSU Denver is a public school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Denver are $10,021 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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#3

Regis University

Denver, CO
$39,610 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Regis University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in Colorado. Located in the large city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

Regis U undergraduate students pay an average of $39,610 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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$25,473 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Colorado Christian University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado list. Located in the medium-sized city of Lakewood, CCU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CCU are $25,473 per year. The average amount in student loans that child development majors at CCU take out is $19,500.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Colorado Christian University

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Utah 419
Idaho 4

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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