2024 Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado
3Colleges in Colorado
301Child Development Degrees Awarded
$33,745Avg Early-Career Salary
A degree in child development & psychology is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #57 out of 395 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 301 degrees in child development & psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.
Choosing a Great Child Development & Psychology School
The child development program you select can have a big impact on your future. That's why we developed our collection of Best Schools for Child Development & Psychology rankings. For our Best Overall Child Development & Psychology School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Child Development & Psychology Rankings by Degree Level
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in Colorado ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Best Schools for Child Development & Psychology in Colorado
Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the child development degree levels they offer.
Every student who is interested in child development & psychology needs to look into Metropolitan State University of Denver. MSU Denver is a fairly large public university located in the large city of Denver. This university ranks 26th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 216 child development & psychology students who graduated with this degree at MSU Denver in the most recent data year. Students who graduate with their degree from the child development program state that they receive average early career income of $34,388.
Any student who is interested in child development & psychology needs to look into University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus. Located in the city of Denver, CU Anschutz is a public university with a fairly large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #585 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means CU Anschutz is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 child development & psychology students who graduated with this degree at CU Anschutz in the most recent data year. Graduates who receive their degree from the child development program earn an average of $33,411 for their early career.
It's difficult to beat Regis University if you want to pursue a degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Denver, Regis U is a private not-for-profit university with a small student population. This university ranks 10th out of 33 colleges for overall quality in the state of Colorado.
There were roughly 25 child development & psychology students who graduated with this degree at Regis U in the most recent year we have data available.
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).