2025 Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in child development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #176 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the New England Region to determine which ones were the best for child development students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 180 bachelor's degrees in child development during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on child development students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child development students who choose to seek a bachelor's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• 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.

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 the Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the New England Region.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. Test it out when you get a chance! You may also want to bookmark the link and share it with others who are trying to make the college decision.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child Development in the New England Region

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for child development students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top New England Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Child Development

1

Tufts University
Medford, MA

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

44 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Tufts University if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Tufts University

2

Post University
Waterbury, CT

96 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in child development has to look into Post University. Post University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the midsize city of Waterbury.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Post University

Best Child Development Colleges by State

Explore the best child development colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	581	34
Connecticut	341	91
Vermont	289	0
New Hampshire	276	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

Child Development is one of 10 different types of Human Development & Family Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	507
Child Care & Support Services Management	23
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	14
Child Care Provider/Assistant	8
Family & Community Services	5
Adult Development & Aging	1

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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin. More about our data sources and methodologies.