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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Southwest Region

17 Colleges
$31,750 Avg Salary
$21,685 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology 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 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 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 Schools in the Southwest Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Southwest Region to see which 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 following schools top our list of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Colleges.

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Texas at Dallas the most popular school in the Southwest Region for child development and psychology students. UT Dallas is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Richardson.

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#2

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

Out of the 17 schools in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Texas Tech University Report

#3

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Arizona. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Southwest Region list. University of Arizona is a very large public school located in the city of Tucson.

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#4

Texas State University

San Marcos, TX

The excellent programs at Texas State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best child development and psychology schools in the Southwest Region . Texas State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of San Marcos.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New Mexico State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Southwest Region list. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Las Cruces.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Arlington is a great place for child development and psychology students. Located in the large city of Arlington, UT Arlington is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at El Paso. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Southwest Region list. Located in the city of El Paso, UTEP is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students. Located in the midsize city of Edinburg, UT Rio Grande Valley is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Texas Woman’s University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students. TWU is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Denton.

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With a ranking of #10, The University of Texas at San Antonio did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students. Located in the city of San Antonio, UTSA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Full Child Development & Psychology at The University of Texas at San Antonio Report

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 120
Arizona 16
Oklahoma 3
New Mexico 8

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 17 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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