2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

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 Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Connecticut, there were 335 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $23,863 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 38 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in child development and psychology. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development and psychology programs, but they also cost less that 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 child development and psychology program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#2 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut list. University of Connecticut is located in Storrs, Connecticut and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 13 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

UCONN also made our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at UCONN

#2

Yale University

New Haven, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$44,500 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut that were part of this year’s ranking, Yale University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in New Haven, Connecticut, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 19 degrees to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Yale not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Yale are $44,500.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at Yale

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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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