2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Indiana

If you plan on getting your master's degree in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Indiana ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 45 master's degrees in child development & psychology to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child development & psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child development & psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for child development & psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development & psychology related body.

Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for child development & psychology students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

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 Master's Degree Schools in Indiana list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in Indiana

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Indiana Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, IN

13 Annual Graduates

Purdue University - Main Campus is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the small city of West Lafayette, Purdue is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Purdue University - Main Campus

2

Ball State University
Muncie, IN

25 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat Ball State University if you want to pursue a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the small city of Muncie, Ball State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Ball State University

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	221	62
Michigan	211	28
Ohio	207	45
Wisconsin	173	5

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Child Development & Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Child Development & Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Child Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	15
Experimental Psychology	13
Social Psychology	7
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	7
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	3

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	339
General Psychology	98
Other Psychology	30

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.