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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Check out the child development graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best education that money can buy.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named Columbia University in the City of New York the best school in the Middle Atlantic Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

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#2

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Stony Brook University is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

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#3

Hunter College

New York, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Hunter College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Hunter is a fairly large public school located in the city of New York.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Hunter College Report

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools 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 3 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).

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