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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate School for You

Child Development & Psychology is the #79 most popular major in the country with 2,576 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic 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.

Check out the child development graduate certificate programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Middle Atlantic Region .

#1

Hunter College

New York, NY

Our 2023 rankings named Hunter College the most popular school in the Middle Atlantic Region for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

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

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Columbia University in the City of New York. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in the large city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population.

Of the 10 students majoring in child development at Columbia, 40% are male and 60% are female.

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#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

The in-demand graduate certificate programs at Stony Brook University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

Women make up 75% of the child development majors at the school.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Philadelphia.

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#5

Queens College

Queens, NY

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Queens College is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. QC is a large public school located in the large city of Queens.

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#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Morgan State University is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

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#5

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

Out of the 8 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Iona College landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Pitt is a very large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

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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 Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
New York 668
Pennsylvania 198
Maryland 19
New Jersey 109
District of Columbia 25
Delaware 7

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of programs to choose from.

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 8 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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