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2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

11 Colleges
$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. This report analyzed 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones offered the best master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

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

#1

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Our 2023 rankings named Texas Christian University the best school in the Southwest Region for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. TCU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Fort Worth.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas of the Permian Basin landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Odessa, UT Permian Basin is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a very large student population.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#5

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #6 on this year’s Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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#7

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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University of Central Oklahoma came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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The University of Texas at El Paso landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Located in the large city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at Dallas did quite well on this year’s best schools for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Richardson.

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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 11 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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