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

a doctor's degree in child development & psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #38 out of 306 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 29 doctor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their doctor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. That is, everyone wants their doctor's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 - How many other child development & 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.
• Student Debt - How much debt child development & psychology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• 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.

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Arizona.

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

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

Top Arizona Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development

1

Arizona State University - Tempe
Tempe, AZ

15 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology needs to take a look at Arizona State University - Tempe. Located in the midsize city of Tempe, ASU - Tempe is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Arizona State University - Tempe

2

University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ

14 Annual Graduates

University of Arizona is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. University of Arizona is a very large public university located in the city of Tucson.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from University of Arizona

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Texas	165	37
New Mexico	59	0

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Child Development & Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Child Development & Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Child Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	29

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	333
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	94

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.