2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Middle Atlantic Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Child Development is the 239th most popular major in the country with 4,641 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 181 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 82 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in child development. To top this list, a school must have a successful child development program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree child development students.

Top 5 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Middle Atlantic Region

1

Bowie State University
Bowie, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Bowie State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Bowie, Maryland, this medium-sized public school awarded 49 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2020-2021.

Read more about Child Development at Bowie State University

2

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus
Indiana, Pennsylvania

Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 25 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2020-2021.

Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus Child Development Report

3

St. Bonaventure University
Saint Bonaventure, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend St. Bonaventure University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Saint Bonaventure, New York, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full St. Bonaventure Child Development Report

4

Manor College
Jenkintown, Pennsylvania

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Manor College. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Jenkintown, Pennsylvania, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2020-2021.

Full Manor College Child Development Report

5

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Gallaudet University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Middle Atlantic Region for a Bachelor’s. Gallaudet is a small school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 0 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Read more about Child Development at Gallaudet

• Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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