2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 13 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate”.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development

#1

Texas Woman's University

Denton, Texas

#1 in overall quality

$14,962 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #1 spot on the list. TWU is located in Denton, Texas and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s child development degrees to qualified students.

TWU also took the #1 spot in our “Best Child Development Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at TWU are $14,962, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Texas Woman’s University Child Development Report

#2

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Tufts University landed the #2 spot on the list. Tufts University is located in Medford, Massachusetts and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Tufts did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts University are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Child Development at Tufts

Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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