2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in California

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In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

Across California, there were 427 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the child development program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in California

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in California.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in California

#1

University of La Verne

La Verne, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,526 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in California that were part of this year’s ranking, University of La Verne landed the #1 spot on the list. ULV is a private not-for-profit institution located in La Verne, California. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 27 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

ULV not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in California” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ULV are $14,526.

Read full report on Child Development at University of La Verne

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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