2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #38 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Indiana to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of child development & psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 38 doctor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

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 & psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child development & 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for child development & psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor'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 doctor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in Indiana

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

Top Indiana Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development

1

University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN

14 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology has to look into University of Notre Dame. Located in the large suburb of Notre Dame, Notre Dame is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from University of Notre Dame

2

Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN

17 Annual Graduates

Indiana University - Bloomington is one of the best schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public university located in the city of Bloomington.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Indiana University - Bloomington

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	153	29
Michigan	149	29
Ohio	144	27
Wisconsin	108	6

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

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

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	31
Experimental Psychology	5
Behavioral Neuroscience	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	60

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.