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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York

21 Colleges
$36,241 Avg Salary
$21,937 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 21 schools in New York to see which ones were the most popular 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for child development majors pursuing a .

#1

New York University

New York, NY

Our analysis found New York University to be the most popular school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a degree in New York. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of New York.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Teachers College at Columbia University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, Teachers College 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 Pace University - New York. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York list. Located in the city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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#4

Fordham University

Bronx, NY

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Fordham University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York list. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Bronx.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend The Graduate Center, CUNY. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York list. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.

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#4

Hunter College

New York, NY

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

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Columbia University in the City of New York 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 city of New York, Columbia is a private not-for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#8

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for child development and psychology students. It came in at #8 on the list. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Ithaca.

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#9

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY

With a ranking of #9, University of Rochester did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students. Located in the medium-sized city of Rochester, University of Rochester is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly large student population.

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#10

Brooklyn College

Brooklyn, NY

Brooklyn College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in New York ranking. Located in the city of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College is a public school with a fairly large 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 21 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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