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Most Popular Schools for Developmental and Child Psychology Major & Degree Program

A program that focuses on the scientific study of the psychological growth and development of individuals from infancy through adulthood. Includes instruction in cognitive and perceptual development, emotional development, personality development, the effects of biological maturation on behavior, theories of cognitive growth and related research methods, testing and assessment methods for different age levels, research on child and adolescent behavior therapy, and the psychology of aging.


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Rank School Name Students % of Total Total On-Campus Cost
1 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 113 1% $27,898
2 Capella University 106 1% $15,011
3 The University of Texas at Dallas 72 1% $29,286
4 Metropolitan State University of Denver 67 2% $9,066
5 Teachers College at Columbia University 58 3% N/A
6 Eckerd College 50 10% $61,576
7 Wheelock College 46 11% $47,870
8 Eastern Washington University 44 1% $23,011
9 Savannah State University 27 4% $17,255
10 Emmanuel College 26 6% $58,153
11 Bay Path University 23 2% $50,524
12 The Chicago School of Professional Psychology at Los Angeles 22 5% $16,592
13 University of Pennsylvania 20 0% $74,408
14 Vanderbilt University 19 1% $70,146
15 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne 19 3% $43,970
16 Texas Christian University 19 1% $65,684
17 University of California-San Diego 18 0% $32,838
18 Utica College 17 1% $35,794
19 Duquesne University 14 1% $54,364
20 Boston College 13 0% $73,092
21 Walden University 13 0% $13,020
22 East Texas Baptist University 12 4% $38,787
23 Henderson State University 12 2% $20,996
24 Metropolitan State University 12 1% $9,379
25 Cornell University 12 0% $73,904
26 Mount Saint Mary's University 11 1% $61,287
27 Fort Hays State University 10 0% $18,048
28 Saint Mary's College of California 9 1% $67,168
29 William Carey University 8 1% $22,694
30 New York University 6 0% $73,566
31 Western Washington University 6 0% $24,077
32 Lesley University 6 0% $49,255
33 Gallaudet University 5 1% $38,176
34 Lee University 5 0% $31,150
35 University of Detroit Mercy 4 0% $41,226
36 Morningside College 4 1% $45,579
37 Cornerstone University 3 0% $36,772
38 Loyola University Chicago 3 0% $61,328
39 University of Maryland-Baltimore County 3 0% $28,058
40 Ball State University 3 0% $24,550
41 Maryville College 2 1% $50,254
42 McPherson College 2 2% $42,118
43 Texas A & M University-College Station 1 0% $29,506
44 Hampshire College 1 0% $67,174
45 Columbia University in the City of New York 1 0% $76,856
46 CUNY Graduate School and University Center 1 0% N/A
47 Tennessee Wesleyan University 1 0% $36,080
48 Brandman University 1 0% $14,300

This list indicates the number of students that completed the Developmental and Child Psychology program at the schools above.
It is not necessarily an indicator of academic rigor or quality of education.
Note that some schools do not have enough data to be ranked, and these schools will not appear in our lists.