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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

17 Colleges
$24,557 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate 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.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 17 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for child development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools

Our analysis found Fort Hays State University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. FHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Hays.

FHSU graduate students pay an average of $11,376 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University Global. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Purdue University Global are $10,582 a year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the United States. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus are $23,918 a year.

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Out of the 17 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the # 4 spot on the list. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Missouri State are $12,618 per year.

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#5

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Henderson State University is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the town of Arkadelphia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Henderson State University are $9,108 per year.

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#6

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate child development and psychology programs. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

Texas Tech graduate students pay an average of $17,698 in tuition and fees each year.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate child development and psychology programs. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 a year.

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#8

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Ball State University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Ball State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Muncie.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Ball State are $26,600 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Ball State also did well on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#9

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

With a ranking of #9, East Carolina University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at ECU are $20,743 a year.

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#10

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville State University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Fayetteville State University is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville State University graduate students pay an average of $16,900 in tuition and fees each year.

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Child Development & Psychology by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child Development

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 17 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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