2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the New England 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.

College Factual looked at 3 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 195 master's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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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 colleges for child development & psychology students working on their master's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the New England Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top New England Region Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA

84 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology has to check out Boston College. Boston College is a large private not-for-profit college located in the small city of Chestnut Hill.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Boston College

2

University of Connecticut
Storrs, CT

21 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat University of Connecticut if you wish to pursue a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the fringe town of Storrs, UCONN is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Connecticut

3

University of Massachusetts - Lowell
Lowell, MA

10 Annual Graduates

University of Massachusetts - Lowell is one of the best schools in the country for getting a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the large suburb of Lowell, UMass Lowell is a public university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Massachusetts - Lowell

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development & psychology colleges for a specific state in the New England Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts	222	73
Connecticut	153	47
Rhode Island	127	0
New Hampshire	108	0

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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
Developmental & Child Psychology	95
Experimental Psychology	68
Social Psychology	12
Personality Psychology	8
Behavioral Neuroscience	6
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	4
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	2

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	1,621
General Psychology	1,113
Other Psychology	16

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.