2025 Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

a bachelor's degree in child development is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #176 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 46 bachelor's degrees in child development during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child development students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for child development students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Development Schools

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child Development in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in child development.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Child Development

1

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Indiana, PA

16 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development. IUP is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Indiana.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

2

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

21 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Bowie State University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development. Bowie State University is a medium-sized public university located in the suburb of Bowie.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Bowie State University

Best Child Development Colleges by State

Explore the best child development colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	707	6
Pennsylvania	698	27
Maryland	370	49
District of Columbia	226	0

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Child Development Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Human Development & Family Studies area of study, Child Development has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	885
Family & Community Services	145
Early Childhood and Family Studies	39
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	23
Child Care & Support Services Management	18
Family Systems	8
Adult Development & Aging	2

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
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