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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region

9 Colleges
$65,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor'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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Southwest Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 9 schools in the Southwest Region to see which ones were the most popular doctor's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Child Development & Psychology program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Colleges.

#1

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

Our 2023 rankings named University of Arizona the most popular school in the Southwest Region for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. University of Arizona is a fairly large public school located in the city of Tucson.

About 56% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 44% are male.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 8 students majoring in child development at Texas Tech, 63% are male and 38% are female.

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The in-demand doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Arlington helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in the Southwest Region . Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 38% of the child development majors at the school.

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Out of the 9 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Texas at San Antonio landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in child development at UTSA, 20% are male and 80% are female.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Texas A&M University - College Station is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. Texas A&M College Station is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of College Station.

Women make up 40% of the child development majors at the school.

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#6

University of Houston

Houston, TX

With a ranking of #6, University of Houston did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UH is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Houston.

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The University of Texas at Dallas came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

Of the 4 students majoring in child development at UT Dallas, 50% are male and 50% are female.

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University of North Texas landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular doctor’s degree child development and psychology programs. UNT is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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New Mexico State University - Main Campus came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools 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 9 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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