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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$30,719 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$65,693 Avg Salary

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #63 most popular major in Missouri with 75 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Missouri 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 Missouri

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

Best Missouri Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Child Development & Psychology

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Missouri. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Mizzou are $11,255 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent doctor’s degree programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in Missouri. Located in the large city of Saint Louis, SLU is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

In-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.

SLU also took the #4 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri rankings.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Saint Louis University Report

Out of the 3 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

WUSTL also took the #1 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri rankings.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Washington University in St Louis

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 272
Kansas 60
North Dakota 0

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.

  • 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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