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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,889 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #60 most popular major in Indiana with 99 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. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 in Indiana ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Indiana to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for child development students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Indiana

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

Best Indiana Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Psychology

#1

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

Our analysis found Ball State University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Indiana. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Ball State are $10,144 a year.

Ball State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list.

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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 in Indiana list. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Purdue University Global graduate students pay an average of $9,530 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Purdue University - Main Campus is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Purdue is a very large public school located in the small city of West Lafayette.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Purdue are $9,992 a year.

Purdue also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in Indiana list, coming in at #1.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 57
Illinois 91
Ohio 72
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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