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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in California

17 Colleges
$37,767 Avg Salary
$17,012 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #83 most popular major in California with 231 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in California ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in California to see which programs were the most popular 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.

Check out the child development programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in California.

Our 2023 rankings named The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles the most popular school in California for child development and psychology students. Located in the city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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#2

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Out of the 17 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, Northcentral University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of California - Riverside. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in California list. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 17 schools in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Irvine landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the city of Irvine, UC Irvine is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Berkeley. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in California list. Located in the city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public school with a very large student population.

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#6

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in California list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Stanford.

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University of California - Santa Barbara did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for child development and psychology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public school with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, University of Southern California did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students. USC is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Los Angeles.

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California Institute of Integral Studies did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for child development and psychology students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the city of San Francisco, CIIS is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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University of California - San Diego did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for child development and psychology students. It came in at #10 on the list. UCSD is a very large public school located in the large city of La Jolla.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Far Western US Region

Explore all the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Far Western US Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Washington 27
Oregon 5
Nevada 51

One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

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 17 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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