2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in New Jersey
3Colleges in New Jersey
611Child Development Degrees Awarded
$38,732Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in child development & psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #57 out of 395 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 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 611 degrees in child development & psychology annually.
Choosing a Great Child Development & Psychology School
Your choice of child development & psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Child Development & Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
In order to find the schools that are the best fit for you, you may want to filter to one of the degree levels below.
Pick Your Child Development & Psychology Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in New Jersey ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Child Development & Psychology in New Jersey
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the child development degree levels they offer.
Every student pursuing a degree in child development & psychology has to look into Montclair State University. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 10th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were roughly 511 child development & psychology students who graduated with this degree at Montclair State in the most recent data year.
Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in child development & psychology. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #74 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means Rutgers New Brunswick is a great university overall.
There were roughly 10 child development & psychology students who graduated with this degree at Rutgers New Brunswick in the most recent year we have data available.
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Gain practical experience working with children in a variety of settings with this specialized online bachelor's from Southern New Hampshire University.
It is hard to beat Centenary University if you wish to pursue a degree in child development & psychology. Located in the suburb of Hackettstown, Centenary is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 26th out of 45 colleges for overall quality in the state of New Jersey.
There were approximately 21 child development & psychology students who graduated with this degree at Centenary in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the child development program make about $27,933 in the first couple years of their career.
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).
Your choice of child development & psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Child Development & Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
