2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Child Development & Psychology is the 72nd most popular major in the country with 15,161 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,673 and had an average of $25,889 in loans still to pay off.

Across Michigan, there were 888 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $20,750 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $70,785 and $113,051 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality child development and psychology programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development and psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in Michigan

#1

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$49,548 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$63,005 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Michigan - Ann Arbor. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan list. University of Michigan - Ann Arbor is a large school located in Ann Arbor, Michigan that handed out 29 doctorate’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

U-M did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Michigan - Ann Arbor are $49,548, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Michigan - Ann Arbor Child Development & Psychology Report

#2

Central Michigan University

Mount Pleasant, Michigan

#2 in overall quality

$19,359 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Michigan University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Doctorate in Michigan. Mount Pleasant, Michigan is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s child development degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

Central Michigan also took the #2 spot in our “Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in Michigan” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Central Michigan are $19,359.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at Central Michigan University

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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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