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Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia

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$65,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree School for You

With 192 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, child development and psychology is the #38 most popular major in District of Columbia.

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

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in District of Columbia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in District of Columbia to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Child Development & Psychology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Our analysis found George Washington University to be the most popular school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in District of Columbia. Located in the city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

Of the 12 students majoring in child development at GWU, 17% are male and 83% are female.

Full Child Development & Psychology at George Washington University Report

The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at Catholic University of America helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in District of Columbia. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the city of Washington.

Of the 2 students majoring in child development at CUA, 50% are male and 50% are female.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Catholic University of America

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular 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
Maryland 128
New Jersey 546
Delaware 210

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 2 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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