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Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate 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're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones were the most popular graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles to be the most popular school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Los Angeles, The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Of the 40 students majoring in child development at The Chicago School Los Angeles Campus, 13% are male and 88% are female.

Full Child Development & Psychology at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Nevada - Las Vegas is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the medium-sized city of Las Vegas, UNLV is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Nevada - Las Vegas Report

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 231
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.

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 2 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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