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2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools

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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 Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones were the most popular online graduate certificate programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for child development majors pursuing an online graduate certificate.

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles the most popular online school in the United States for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

Women make up 88% of the child development majors at the school.

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The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Fort Hays State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the United States. FHSU is a large public school located in the town of Hays.

About 94% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 6% are male.

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#3

Purdue University Global

Indianapolis, IN

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Purdue University Global helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the United States. Located in the city of Indianapolis, Purdue University Global is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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#4

Ball State University

Muncie, IN

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Ball State is a very large public school located in the city of Muncie.

Of the 4 students majoring in child development at Ball State, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#5

Fayetteville State University

Fayetteville, NC

The in-demand online graduate certificate programs at Fayetteville State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the United States. Fayetteville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize city of Fayetteville.

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Missouri University of Science and Technology landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular online graduate certificate child development and psychology programs. Missouri University of Science and Technology is a medium-sized public school located in the town of Rolla.

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University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Online Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the city of Pittsburgh.

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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 7 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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