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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in California

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Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in California to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 12 schools in California to see which master's degree 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for child development majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Northcentral University

San Diego, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Northcentral University the most popular school in California for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of San Diego, Northcentral University is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

About 95% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 5% are male.

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

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

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of California - Riverside helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in California. Located in the city of Riverside, UCR is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 29% are male.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the midsize suburb of Santa Barbara, UCSB is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 83% of the child development majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at Alliant International University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in California. Located in the large city of San Diego, Alliant is a private for-profit college with a small student population.

About 33% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 67% are male.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Alliant International University Report

California State University - Northridge did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. CSUN is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

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

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#6

Stanford University

Stanford, CA

Stanford University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Stanford.

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University of California - Berkeley landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Located in the midsize city of Berkeley, UC Berkeley is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Of the 5 students majoring in child development at UC Berkeley, 60% are male and 40% are female.

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University of California - San Diego landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree child development and psychology programs. UCSD is a fairly large public school located in the city of La Jolla.

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Azusa Pacific University ranked #10 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in California list. Located in the large suburb of Azusa, Azusa Pacific is a private not-for-profit school with a moderately-sized student population.

Of the 3 students majoring in child development at Azusa Pacific, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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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 12 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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