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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

25 Colleges
$65,693 Avg Salary

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #79 most popular major in the country with 2,576 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Top 10 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Princeton University the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

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#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Cornell University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Cornell is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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#3

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Pennsylvania. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UPenn is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Philadelphia.

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Out of the 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The Graduate Center, CUNY landed the # 4 spot on the list. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York.

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#5

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

Out of the 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Hofstra University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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#6

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in the city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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Columbia University in the City of New York ranked #7 on this year’s Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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George Washington University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best doctor’s degree child development and psychology programs. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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#10

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

Syracuse University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Syracuse.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 668
Pennsylvania 198
Maryland 19
New Jersey 109
District of Columbia 25
Delaware 7

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 29,224
General Psychology 8,051
Other Psychology 2,162

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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