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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York

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

In 2020-2021, 668 degrees and certificates were awarded to child development and psychology students who went to a New York college or university. This makes it the #36 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in New York ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in New York 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.

#1

Hunter College

New York, NY

Our analysis found Hunter College to be the most popular school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in New York. Hunter is a very large public school located in the large city of New York.

Of the 18 students majoring in child development at Hunter, 6% are male and 94% are female.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Columbia University in the City of New York is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 60% of the child development majors at the school.

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#3

Stony Brook University

Stony Brook, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stony Brook University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. SUNY Stony Brook is a very large public school located in the suburb of Stony Brook.

About 75% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 25% are male.

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#4

Queens College

Queens, NY

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Graduate Certificate Schools in New York list. QC is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Queens.

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#4

Iona College

New Rochelle, NY

Out of the 5 schools in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Iona College landed the # 4 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of New Rochelle, Iona is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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State Degrees Awarded
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 5 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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