2022 Most Popular Doctor's Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in Connecticut

Child Development & Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #43 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many colleges that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Connecticut to determine which ones were the most popular for child development and psychology students pursuing a doctor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 34 doctor's degrees in child development and psychology during the 2019-2020 academic year.

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This is not our only ranking, nor the only degree level we have ranked. In addition to this ranking, you may want to take at the rankings for different degree levels as called out above. You can also narrow your search by location by filtering for a certain area of the country. Plus, you can view our other rankings for child development and psychology.

 

Most Popular Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in Connecticut

Explore the most popular colleges and universities for child development and psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Most Well Attended Schools for Child Development Students Working on Their Doctorate

1

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

23 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#2 Best Quality In CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

You'll be surrounded by many like-minded peers at University of Connecticut if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in child development and psychology. Located in the suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a very large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #2 in quality for doctor's degrees in child development and psychology in Connecticut. More information about a doctorate in child development and psychology from University of Connecticut

2

Yale University
New Haven, CT

11 Annual Doctor's Degrees

#1 Best Quality In CT

Doctor's Degree Highest Degree Type

Every student who is interested in a doctor's degree in child development and psychology needs to look into Yale University. Located in the city of New Haven, Yale is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population. Potential students might also be interested to know that the school ranks #1 in quality for doctor's degrees in child development and psychology in Connecticut. More information about a doctorate in child development and psychology from Yale University

 

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	147	43
Rhode Island	75	1

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

One of 3 majors within the Psychology area of study, Child Development & Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Experimental Psychology	14
Personality Psychology	10
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	3
Behavioral Neuroscience	3
Developmental & Child Psychology	2
Social Psychology	2

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	31

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.