2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Ohio

a master's degree in child development & psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #80 out of 343 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Ohio ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 35 master's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their master's degree from the school. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their master's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

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 & psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child development & psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for child development & psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development & psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

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

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in Ohio

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

Top Ohio Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, OH

18 Annual Graduates

Ohio State University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Ohio State University - Main Campus

2

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH

11 Annual Graduates

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in child development & psychology has to check out Kent State University at Kent. Located in the large suburb of Kent, Kent State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Kent State University at Kent

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	62
Michigan	211	28
Indiana	191	47
Wisconsin	173	5

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Child Development & Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Child Development & Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Child Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Experimental Psychology	35

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	608
General Psychology	153
Other Psychology	34

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.