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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$21,992 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.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region 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 the Great Lakes Region 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region

Check out the child development graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Great Lakes Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

Our analysis found Purdue University Global to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Great Lakes Region . Located in the small city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $10,582 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Out of the 3 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Ball State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Ball State graduate students pay an average of $26,600 in tuition and fees each year.

Ball State also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Purdue University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Great Lakes Region . Purdue is a very large public school located in the city of West Lafayette.

Purdue graduate students pay an average of $28,794 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Purdue is in the top 5% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Great Lakes Region list.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology colleges for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 57
Illinois 91
Ohio 72
Indiana 99
Wisconsin 11

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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