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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Minnesota

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$12,857 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,081 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

In 2020-2021, 272 degrees and certificates were awarded to child development and psychology students who went to a Minnesota college or university. This makes it the #27 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Minnesota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Minnesota 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 Minnesota

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

Best Minnesota Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Psychology

$15,254 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Schools in Minnesota list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $15,254 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, UMN Twin Cities is ranked #5 for overall quality for child development in Minnesota.

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#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN
$14,148 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Capella University is a great value for child development and psychology students. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Capella University are $14,148 a year.

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Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 75
Kansas 60
North Dakota 0

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 3 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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