2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

If you plan on getting your doctor's degree in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #38 in the country in terms of popularity. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of child development & psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 235 doctor's degrees in child development & psychology to qualified students.

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

Your choice of child development & psychology for getting your doctor's degree school matters. Important measures of a quality child development program can vary widely even among the top schools. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:

Quality Overall Is Important

The overall quality of a doctor's degree school is important to ensure a good education, not just how well they do in a particular major. To make it into this list a school must rank well in our overall Best Colleges for a Doctor'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 Earnings

To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor'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 - The number of child development & psychology students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
• 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 easy is it for child development & psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
• 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 the Middle Atlantic Region 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 the Middle Atlantic Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in child development & psychology.

Top Middle Atlantic Region Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development

1

New York University
New York, NY

16 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat New York University if you want to pursue a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from New York University

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

12 Annual Graduates

Fordham University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Fordham University

3

Rutgers University - New Brunswick
New Brunswick, NJ

12 Annual Graduates

Rutgers University - New Brunswick is a wonderful choice for individuals pursuing a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. Rutgers New Brunswick is a fairly large public university located in the city of New Brunswick.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Rutgers University - New Brunswick

4

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

13 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Pace University - New York if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Pace University - New York

5

Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA

15 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of Philadelphia, Drexel is a private not-for-profit university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Drexel University

6

Temple University
Philadelphia, PA

12 Annual Graduates

Located in the large city of Philadelphia, Temple is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Temple University

7

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

16 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, The Graduate Center is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	176	67
New York	174	120
Maryland	119	10
New Jersey	115	17
District of Columbia	81	14
Delaware	53	5

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

Child Development & Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	122
Developmental & Child Psychology	38
Experimental Psychology	23
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	20
Social Psychology	12
Behavioral Neuroscience	11
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	9

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	764
General Psychology	107
Other Psychology	11

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.