2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Developmental & Child Psychology in the New England Region

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In 2019-2020, 1,306 people earned their degree in developmental and child psychology, making the major the 436th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 83 developmental and child psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 23 developmental and child psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in developmental and child psychology. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality developmental and child psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the developmental and child psychology program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Developmental & Child Psychology in the New England Region

#1

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$31,930 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Boston College landed the #1 spot on the list. Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s developmental and child psychology degrees to 16 students in 2019-2020.

Boston College also took the #1 spot in our “Best Developmental & Child Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Boston College are $31,930.

Read full report on Developmental & Child Psychology at Boston College

#2

Bay Path University

Longmeadow, Massachusetts

#2 in overall quality

$19,235 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Developmental and Child Psychology Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Bay Path University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bay Path is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Longmeadow, Massachusetts. It awarded 5 masters’s developmental and child psychology degrees in 2019-2020.

Bay Path also made our “Best Developmental & Child Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Bay Path are $19,235, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Developmental & Child Psychology at Bay Path University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Developmental & Child Psychology

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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