2024 Best Child Development Schools in the New England Region
3Colleges in the New England Region
183Child Development Degrees Awarded
If you plan on majoring in child development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #239 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.
College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best Child Development Schools in the New England Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 183 degrees in child development to qualified students.
Your choice of child development school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Child Development 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.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Child Development Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Best Schools for Child Development in the New England Region
The schools below may not offer all types of child development degrees so you may want to filter by degree level first. However, they are great for the degree levels they do offer.
Top New England Region Schools in Child Development
It's difficult to beat Tufts University if you wish to pursue a degree in child development. Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the suburb of Medford. A Best Colleges rank of #40 out of 2,217 colleges nationwide means Tufts is a great university overall.
There were about 52 child development students who graduated with this degree at Tufts in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Boston University if you wish to pursue a degree in child development. Boston U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Boston. This university ranks 6th out of 63 schools for overall quality in the state of Massachusetts.
There were about 17 child development students who graduated with this degree at Boston U in the most recent data year.
Any student who is interested in child development needs to take a look at Post University. Post University is a large private for-profit university located in the suburb of Waterbury. This university ranks 14th out of 28 schools for overall quality in the state of Connecticut.
There were roughly 77 child development students who graduated with this degree at Post University in the most recent data year.
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).
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Your choice of child development school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. For our Best Overall Child Development School rankings, we roll up the results of our degree-level rankings, weighted by the number of degrees awarded at that level.
