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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$12,638 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

With 2 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, child development and psychology is the #195 most popular major in Virginia.

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.

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 Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

Check out the child development programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Child Development & Psychology School

#1

James Madison University

Harrisonburg, VA
$12,638 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named James Madison University the best value school in Virginia for child development and psychology students. JMU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Harrisonburg.

JMU undergraduate students pay an average of $12,638 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

JMU also made our Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #5.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at James Madison University

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
Florida 30
Georgia 13
North Carolina 22
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.

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 values are for the top school 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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