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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

11 Colleges
$17,958 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, child development and psychology was ranked #79 in the country. In fact 2,576 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 11 schools in the Southwest Region to see which master's degree 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 Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

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

Top 10 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas of the Permian Basin the best value school in the Southwest Region for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Odessa, UT Permian Basin is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

UT Permian Basin graduate students pay an average of $14,071 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public school with a fairly large student population.

UT Rio Grande Valley graduate students pay an average of $15,677 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UT Rio Grande Valley also is in the top 20% of our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley

#3

Angelo State University

San Angelo, TX

Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Angelo State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of San Angelo, Angelo State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Angelo State are $14,590 a year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Angelo State University Report

#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Texas Tech is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Texas Tech University Report

Out of the 11 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the # 4 spot on the list. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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

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#6

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

Texas State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Marcos.

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

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University of Central Oklahoma ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the large suburb of Edmond, UCO is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCO are $18,116 a year.

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#8

Texas Christian University

Fort Worth, TX

Texas Christian University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. TCU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Fort Worth.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TCU are $32,268 a year.

TCU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list.

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The University of Texas at El Paso ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UTEP are $16,621 a year.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus 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. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at NMSU Main Campus are $18,275 a year.

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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 Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 120
Arizona 16
Oklahoma 3
New Mexico 8

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 11 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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