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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$24,190 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Child Development & Psychology is the #139 most popular major in North Carolina with 22 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. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in North Carolina 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 North Carolina

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

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

#1

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named Fayetteville State University the best value school in North Carolina for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Fayetteville.

Fayetteville State University graduate students pay an average of $5,835 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Fayetteville State University Report

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

ECU graduate students pay an average of $7,594 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Duke University

Durham, NC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Duke University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. Duke is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Durham.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Duke are $59,141 a year.

Duke not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #1 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Duke University Report

Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Virginia 2
Florida 30
Georgia 13
Tennessee 33
Kentucky 17
Alabama 3
South Carolina 8
Mississippi 7
Arkansas 12

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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