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Harvard University Doctorate in Child Development & Psychology

11 Doctor's Degrees Awarded

The main focus area for this major is Experimental Psychology. For more details on this concentration, visit its profile page.

Child Development & Psychology is a major offered under the psychology program of study at Harvard University. We’ve pulled together some essential information you should know about the doctor’s degree program in child development, including how many students graduate each year, the ethnic diversity of these students, whether or not the degree is offered online, and more.

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How Much Does a Doctorate in Child Development from Harvard Cost?

$50,654 Average Tuition and Fees

Harvard Graduate Tuition and Fees

In 2019-2020, the average part-time graduate tuition at Harvard was $1,545 per credit hour for both in-state and out-of-state students. The average full-time tuition and fees for graduate students are shown in the table below.

In State Out of State
Tuition $49,448 $49,448
Fees $1,206 $1,206

Does Harvard Offer an Online Doctorate in Child Development?

Harvard does not offer an online option for its child development doctor’s degree program at this time. To see if the school offers distance learning options in other areas, visit the Harvard Online Learning page.

Harvard Doctorate Student Diversity for Child Development

11 Doctor's Degrees Awarded
63.6% Women
18.2% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
During the 2019-2020 academic year, there were 11 doctor’s degrees in child development handed out to qualified students. The charts and tables below give more information about these students.

Male-to-Female Ratio

Of the students who received their doctor’s degree in child development in 2019-2020, 63.6% of them were women. This is less than the nationwide number of 65.9%.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

Around 18.2% of child development doctor’s degree recipients at Harvard in 2019-2020 were awarded to racial-ethnic minorities*. This is about the same as the nationwide number of 19%.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Students
Asian 1
Black or African American 1
Hispanic or Latino 0
Native American or Alaska Native 0
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander 0
White 7
International Students 2
Other Races/Ethnicities 0

Doctorate in Child Development Focus Areas at Harvard

Child Development & Psychology students may decide to major in one of the following focus areas.

Focus Area Annual Graduates
Experimental Psychology 11

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Related Major Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 4

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References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

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