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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

25 Colleges
$34,935 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for child development majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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

Our analysis found The Graduate Center, CUNY to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Middle Atlantic Region . The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 a year.

The Graduate Center also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #5.

Full Child Development & Psychology at The Graduate Center, CUNY Report

#2

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Out of the 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Cornell University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Cornell are $30,006 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Cornell is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

UD graduate students pay an average of $18,128 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Hofstra University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Hofstra are $28,180 a year.

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Out of the 25 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - Baltimore County landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Baltimore, UMBC is a public school with a large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UMBC are $23,580 per year.

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#6

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

With a ranking of #6, Binghamton University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Binghamton University graduate students pay an average of $25,570 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Binghamton University Report

#7

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA

University of Pennsylvania ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value 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.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UPenn are $42,932 a year.

UPenn not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

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

GWU graduate students pay an average of $32,904 in tuition and fees each year.

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#9

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

Princeton University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit college with a medium-sized student population.

Princeton graduate students pay an average of $58,790 in tuition and fees each year.

Princeton did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Princeton University Report

#10

Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

Temple University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public college with a very large student population.

Temple graduate students pay an average of $24,812 in tuition and fees each year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Temple University Report

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.

  • 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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