2024 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey

Child Development & Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #38 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

In 2024, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 17 doctor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Doctor’s Degree Schools List

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child development & psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development & psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt child development & psychology students go into to obtain their doctor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development & psychology related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for child development & psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New Jersey.

 

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in New Jersey

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New Jersey Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development

1

Princeton University
Princeton, NJ

7 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology needs to check out Princeton University. Located in the city of Princeton, Princeton is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Princeton University

2

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

10 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the small city of New Brunswick, Rutgers New Brunswick is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	67
New York	174	120
Maryland	119	10
District of Columbia	81	14
Delaware	53	5

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Child Development & Psychology Related Rankings by Major

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Child Development & Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Child Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	17

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	50
General Psychology	38

Notes and References

• 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). More about our data sources and methodologies.