2024 Best Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #201 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 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for developmental & child psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 13 doctor's degrees in developmental & child psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

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 developmental & child psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other developmental & child psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor'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 developmental & child psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Developmental & Child Psychology Schools

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 Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Developmental & Child Psychology in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Doctorate in Developmental and Child Psychology

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

4 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a good option for students pursuing a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in developmental & child psychology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

8 Annual Graduates

Capella University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in developmental & child psychology. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in developmental & child psychology from Capella University

Best Developmental & Child Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best developmental & child psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	199	13
North Dakota	88	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Developmental and Child Psychology

Developmental & Child Psychology is one of 10 different types of Child Development & Psychology programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Developmental and Child Psychology

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	66
Experimental Psychology	9

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.