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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest 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 #79 in the country. In fact 2,576 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best graduate certificate programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for child development majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

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

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Tech University the best school in the Southwest Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 120
Arizona 16
Oklahoma 3
New Mexico 8

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

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 2 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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