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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

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Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate 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.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right 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.

The Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 the Great Lakes Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for child development majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our 2023 rankings named Purdue University Global the most popular school in the Great Lakes Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue University Global is a very large public school located in the city of Indianapolis.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Purdue University Global Report

#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ball State University is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Muncie, Ball State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 4 students majoring in child development at Ball State, 25% are male and 75% are female.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Ball State University

#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in child development at Purdue, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 794
Ohio 107
Illinois 857
Indiana 721
Wisconsin 11

One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Child Development

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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