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2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools

3 Colleges
$65,693 Avg Salary

Child Development & Psychology is the #58 most popular major in the country with 17,542 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for child development majors pursuing an online doctor's degree.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our analysis found Capella University to be the most popular school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue an online doctor’s degree in the United States. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 75% of the child development majors at the school.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Capella University Report

#3

Meridian University

Petaluma, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Meridian University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Meridian University is a fairly small private for-profit school located in the small city of Petaluma.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Meridian University

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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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