2022 Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in District of Columbia

If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in child development and psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #47 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2022, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Most Popular Bachelor's Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in District of Columbia ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 168 bachelor's degrees in child development and psychology to qualified students.

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Most Popular Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in District of Columbia

Below you'll see a list of the most popular colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in child development and psychology.

Most Well Attended Schools for Child Development Students Working on Their Bachelor's

1

George Washington University
Washington, DC

145 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In DC

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Any student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in child development and psychology has to look into George Washington University. GWU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Washington. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for bachelor's degrees in child development and psychology in District of Columbia. More information about a bachelor’s in child development and psychology from George Washington University

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Trinity Washington University
Washington, DC

23 Annual Bachelor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In DC

$35,300 Median Salary

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at Trinity Washington University if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development and psychology. Located in the city of Washington, Trinity College is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This isn't the only ranking where the school placed. It's also #2 in quality for bachelor's degrees in child development and psychology in District of Columbia.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the child development program report average early career wages of $35,300.

More information about a bachelor’s in child development and psychology from Trinity Washington University

 

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New York	267	588
Pennsylvania	266	252
Maryland	197	77
New Jersey	189	54
Delaware	125	160

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

Child Development & Psychology is one of 3 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Experimental Psychology	138
Social Psychology	23
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	7

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	320

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.