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2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Connecticut

3 Colleges in Connecticut
394 Child Development Degrees Awarded
$38,732 Avg Early-Career Salary
If you plan on majoring in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #57 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 3 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the best for child development & psychology students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 394 degrees in child development & psychology annually.

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Choosing a Great Child Development & Psychology School

Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Connecticut Your choice of child development & psychology school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for child development & psychology schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each 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

Bachelor's Degrees in Child Development
Master's Degrees in Child Development
Doctor's Degrees in Child Development

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 Schools in Connecticut list to help you make the college decision. You can also filter this list by location to find schools closer to you.

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Best Schools for Child Development & Psychology in Connecticut

The schools below may not offer all types of child development degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.

Top Connecticut Schools in Child Development

1
Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type
71 Child Development Degrees Awarded
29.6% Growth in Graduates

University of Connecticut is one of the best schools in the country for getting a degree in child development & psychology. UCONN is a very large public university located in the town of Storrs. A Best Colleges rank of #57 out of 2,152 colleges nationwide means UCONN is a great university overall.More information about a degree in child development & psychology from University of Connecticut

2
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Trinity College
Hartford, CT

It is hard to beat Trinity College if you want to pursue a degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Hartford, Trinity Bantams is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 4th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.More information about a degree in child development & psychology from Trinity College

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Bachelors Degree Type
BA in Psychology - Child & Adolescent Development Program Name

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Bachelor's Degree Highest Degree Type
134 Child Development Degrees Awarded

Sacred Heart University is a good decision for students interested in a degree in child development & psychology. Located in the suburb of Fairfield, Sacred Heart is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population. This university ranks 9th out of 18 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.More information about a degree in child development & psychology from Sacred Heart University

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

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

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 301 804
New Hampshire 210 54
Maine 202 116
Rhode Island 200 73
Vermont 194 29

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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 134
Experimental Psychology 120
Behavioral Neuroscience 81
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics 29
Personality Psychology 19
Social Psychology 4
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology 4
Developmental & Child Psychology 3

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Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 1,733
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 462
Other Psychology 25

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