2025 Best Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #201 out of 862 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 3 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 21 doctor's degrees in developmental & child psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Choosing a Great Developmental & Child Psychology School for Your Doctor's Degree

The developmental and child psychology doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a quality education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

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 developmental & child psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of developmental & child psychology students who choose to seek a doctor'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 developmental & child psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for developmental & child psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Developmental & Child Psychology in New York

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Developmental and Child Psychology

1

New York University
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology needs to take a look at New York University. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in developmental & child psychology from New York University

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

2 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology needs to take a look at Fordham University. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in developmental & child psychology from Fordham University

3

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

13 Annual Graduates

It's difficult to beat Pace University - New York if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in developmental & child psychology from Pace University - New York

Best Developmental & Child Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	311	8
Maryland	190	3
District of Columbia	143	1

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Developmental & Child Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Child Development & Psychology area of study, Developmental & Child Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Developmental and Child Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	18
Experimental Psychology	16
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	13
Social Psychology	12
Behavioral Neuroscience	11
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	8

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.