2025 Best Child Development Schools in Maryland

Child Development is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #239 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development Schools in Maryland ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 47 degrees in child development annually.

What's on this page: * Degree-Level Rankings

• Best Overall Child Development Schools List

Pick Your Child Development Degree Level

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Child Development Schools in Maryland list to help you make the college decision. If you'd like to restrict your choices to just one part of the country, you can filter this list by location.

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Best Schools for Child Development in Maryland

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the child development degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Maryland Schools in Child Development

1

Towson University
Towson, MD

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

18.8% Growth in Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in child development has to take a look at Towson University. Towson is a large public university located in the small city of Towson.More information about a degree in child development from Towson University

2

Bowie State University
Bowie, MD

Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type

31 Child Development Degrees Awarded

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

Best Child Development Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Child Development Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	1,026	12
Pennsylvania	978	39
District of Columbia	441	0

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Child Development Related Rankings by Major

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
Family & Community Services	140
Child Care & Support Services Management	107
Child Care Provider/Assistant	41
Family Systems	33

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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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More about our data sources and methodologies.