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2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

7 Ranked Colleges
75 Degrees Awarded
$35,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Child Development & Psychology is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 15,161 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,673 and had an average of $25,889 in loans still to pay off.

Across California, there were 3,820 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,900 and $17,780 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 75 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $71,544 and $133,402 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in child development and psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development and psychology programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development and psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 7 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1

Stanford University

Stanford, California
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stanford University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Stanford is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Stanford, California. It awarded 12 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Stanford not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Stanford are $55,011.

Full Stanford Child Development & Psychology Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Berkeley. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k. University of California - Berkeley is a public institution located in Berkeley, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UC Berkeley not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Berkeley are $29,347, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at UC Berkeley

#3

University of California - Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of California - Santa Barbara. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Santa Barbara, California, and it awarded 7 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSB also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #3. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCSB are $28,670.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at UCSB

#7 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of California - Riverside landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Riverside, California, this large public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s child development students in 2019-2020.

UCR also took the #7 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Riverside are $28,686, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at University of California - Riverside

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of California - Irvine. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k. Irvine, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s child development degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UC Irvine not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - Irvine are $28,456, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of California - Irvine Child Development & Psychology Report

#6

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, California
#4 in overall quality

University of Southern California ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. University of Southern California is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Los Angeles, California. It awarded 14 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

USC also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #4. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Southern California are $48,715.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at USC

#6 in overall quality

University of California - San Diego ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. UCSD is a large school located in La Jolla, California that handed out 5 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UCSD also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #6. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of California - San Diego are $28,631.

Full University of California - San Diego Child Development & Psychology Report

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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