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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

15 Colleges
$29,860 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,693 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 668 degrees and certificates were awarded to child development and psychology students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 15 schools in New York 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used 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 New York

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

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

Our 2023 rankings named The Graduate Center, CUNY the best value school in New York for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Graduate Center are $10,410 per year.

The Graduate Center not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list.

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

#2

Binghamton University

Vestal, NY

Out of the 15 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Binghamton University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Vestal, Binghamton University is a public college with a large student population.

Binghamton University graduate students pay an average of $13,780 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University at Albany

Albany, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Albany. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. UAlbany is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Albany.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at UAlbany are $13,535 per year.

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#4

University at Buffalo

Buffalo, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University at Buffalo. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the large suburb of Buffalo, University at Buffalo is a public school with a very large student population.

University at Buffalo graduate students pay an average of $14,388 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Cornell University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Cornell also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list, coming in at #2.

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#6

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

With a ranking of #6, Stony Brook University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. SUNY Stony Brook is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Stony Brook.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SUNY Stony Brook are $13,838 per year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Stony Brook University Report

#7

Hofstra University

Hempstead, NY

Hofstra 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 #7 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hempstead, Hofstra is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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

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#8

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

Fordham University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Fordham U is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Fordham U are $23,846 per year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Fordham University Report

#9

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

With a ranking of #9, Syracuse University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Syracuse is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at Syracuse are $42,954 per year.

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#10

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

University of Rochester ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in New York list. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at University of Rochester are $47,541 per year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Rochester Report

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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 15 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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