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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

95 Colleges
$18,825 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree 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.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 95 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Colleges.

Top 15% Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our analysis found Montclair State University to be the best value school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the United States. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 a year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means The University of Texas of the Permian Basin is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. UT Permian Basin is a medium-sized public school located in the medium-sized city of Odessa.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Permian Basin are $14,071 a year.

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#3

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Henderson State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools list. Henderson State University is a small public school located in the town of Arkadelphia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Henderson State University are $9,108 a year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The Graduate Center, CUNY helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the United States. The Graduate Center is a medium-sized public school located in the city of New York.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Graduate Center are $23,640 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, The Graduate Center also is in the top 5% of our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. UT Rio Grande Valley is a very large public school located in the city of Edinburg.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UT Rio Grande Valley are $15,677 per year.

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With a ranking of #7, California State University - Northridge did quite well on this year’s best value schools for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the large city of Northridge, CSUN is a public college with a very large student population.

CSUN graduate students pay an average of $17,981 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #8 on the list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the small city of Ithaca.

Cornell graduate students pay an average of $30,006 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Cornell also is in the top 5% of our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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#9

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Angelo State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools list. Angelo State is a large public school located in the city of San Angelo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 per year.

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#10

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Texas Tech University ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

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

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Texas Woman’s University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

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#12

University of Dayton

Dayton, OH

University of Dayton landed the #12 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. UDayton is a large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Dayton.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UDayton are $18,140 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UDayton also is in the top 15% of our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools ranking.

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Loyola University Chicago did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #13 on the list. Loyola Chicago is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Loyola Chicago graduate students pay an average of $19,894 in tuition and fees each year.

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#14

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #14 on the list. Located in the city of San Marcos, Texas State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Texas State graduate students pay an average of $17,220 in tuition and fees each year.

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Honorable Mentions

Here are some additional great value schools for Child Development & Psychology graduate students seeking value that almost earned our Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools award.

Rank College Location
15 Alliant International University San Diego, CA
16 University of Delaware Newark, DE
17 University of Wisconsin - Madison Madison, WI
18 DePaul University Chicago, IL
19 Saint Louis University Saint Louis, MO

Child Development & Psychology by Region

View the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools for a specific region near you.

Region
Southeast
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 25 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).

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