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

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.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Minnesota to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of child development & psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 32 doctor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in Minnesota ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

 

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

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

Top Minnesota Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

23 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Capella University
Minneapolis, MN

8 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology needs to check out Capella University. Capella University is a very large private for-profit university located in the large city of Minneapolis.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Capella University

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	122	35
Kansas	97	21
North Dakota	68	0

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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	19
Developmental & Child Psychology	13

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	227
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	192

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.