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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in District of Columbia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$55,070 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,867 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

In 2020-2021, 25 degrees and certificates were awarded to child development and psychology students who went to a District of Columbia college or university. This makes it the #94 most popular major in the state.

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.

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 Schools in District of Columbia ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in District of Columbia 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.

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 Schools in District of Columbia

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

Best District of Columbia Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology

Our 2023 rankings named George Washington University the best value school in District of Columbia for child development and psychology students. Located in the large city of Washington, GWU is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at GWU are $57,984 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, GWU is ranked #2 for overall quality for child development in District of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Catholic University of America. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in District of Columbia list. CUA is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Washington.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CUA are $52,156 a year.

CUA not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in District of Columbia list.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 668
Pennsylvania 198
Maryland 19
New Jersey 109
Delaware 7

More Child Development & Psychology Rankings in District of Columbia

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 2 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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