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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Ohio

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$11,936 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$73,246 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

With 72 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, child development and psychology is the #80 most popular major in Ohio.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Ohio to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Ohio to see which 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Ohio

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

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology

$11,936 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Ohio State University - Main Campus the best value school in Ohio for child development and psychology students. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Ohio State are $11,936 per year.

Ohio State also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Ohio list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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$12,840 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Ohio University - Athens Campus is a great value for child development and psychology students. Located in the town of Athens, OHIO Athens is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at OHIO Athens are $12,840 a year.

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$11,000 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Kent State University at Kent helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in Ohio. Kent State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kent.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Kent State are $11,000 per year.

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#4

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH
$44,890 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Dayton. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Ohio list. Located in the midsize city of Dayton, UDayton is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UDayton are $44,890 a year.

UDayton also took the #3 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Ohio rankings.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 57
Illinois 91
Indiana 99
Wisconsin 11

One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 4 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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