2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

Child Development & Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #80 most popular master's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 5 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 184 master's degrees in child development & psychology to qualified students.

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Choosing a Great Child Development & Psychology School for Your Master's Degree

Your choice of child development & psychology for getting your master's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality child development program can vary widely even among the top schools. Below we explain some of the most important factors to consider before making your choice:

Overall Quality Is a Must

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Master's Degree ranking. This ranking considered factors such as graduation rates, overall graduate earnings and other educational resources to identify great colleges and universities.

Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their master's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your master's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on child development & psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development & psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt child development & psychology students go into to obtain their master'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 master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in the Southeast Region

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in child development & psychology.

Top Southeast Region Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

71 Annual Graduates

Vanderbilt University is a good option for students interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology. Vanderbilt is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Nashville.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Vanderbilt University

2

University of Georgia
Athens, GA

16 Annual Graduates

University of Georgia is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Georgia

3

Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA

12 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Tulane University of Louisiana if you want to pursue a master's degree in child development & psychology. Tulane is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of New Orleans.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Tulane University of Louisiana

4

University of North Florida
Jacksonville, FL

12 Annual Graduates

University of North Florida is a good choice for students pursuing a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Jacksonville, UNF is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of North Florida

5

University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY

10 Annual Graduates

UK is a very large public university located in the city of Lexington.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Kentucky

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development & psychology schools for a specific state in the Southeast Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Florida	208	21
Georgia	190	8
Tennessee	166	20
Alabama	151	3
Kentucky	147	12
South Carolina	146	3
Mississippi	145	7
Arkansas	121	10

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

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

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	70
Developmental & Child Psychology	64
Experimental Psychology	31
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	13
Behavioral Neuroscience	5
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	5,386
General Psychology	1,716
Other Psychology	17

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.