2022 Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Developmental & Child Psychology is the 436th most popular major in the country with 1,306 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Plains States region, there were 382 developmental and child psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 11 developmental and child psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality developmental and child psychology programs that also have a lower cost than 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 developmental and child psychology program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree developmental and child psychology students.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Developmental & Child Psychology in the Plains States Region

#1

North Dakota State University - Main Campus

Fargo, North Dakota

#2 in overall quality

$11,589 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s developmental and child psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Developmental & Child Psychology at North Dakota State University

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#1 in overall quality

$28,845 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s developmental and child psychology degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Developmental & Child Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities are $28,845, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Developmental & Child Psychology at UMN Twin Cities

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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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