2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York

Child Development & Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #38 most popular doctor's degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 4 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for doctor's degree seekers in the field of child development & psychology. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 99 doctor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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

The child development doctor's degree program you select can have a big impact on your future. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. To make it into this list, a school must excel in the following areas.

A Great Overall School

A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To account for this we include a college's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of various factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of doctorate graduates during the early years of their career. This is because one of the main reasons people pursue their doctor's degree is to enable themselves to find better-paying positions.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child development & psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development & psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a doctor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt child development & psychology students go into to obtain their doctor'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 full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for child development & psychology students working on their doctor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in New York.

Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in New York

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a doctor's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Doctorate in Child Development

1

New York University
New York, NY

16 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology has to look into New York University. NYU is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from New York University

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

12 Annual Graduates

It's hard to beat Fordham University if you wish to pursue a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. Fordham U is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Bronx.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Fordham University

3

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

13 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology has to take a look at Pace University - New York. Pace University is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from Pace University - New York

4

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

16 Annual Graduates

The Graduate Center, CUNY is a good choice for students interested in a doctor's degree in child development & psychology. The Graduate Center is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of New York.More information about a doctorate in child development & psychology from The Graduate Center, CUNY

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

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

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Child Development & Psychology Related Rankings by Major

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

Child Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Developmental & Child Psychology	21
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	18
Experimental Psychology	16
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	13
Social Psychology	12
Behavioral Neuroscience	11
Psychometrics & Quantitative Psychology	8

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	359
General Psychology	27
Other Psychology	2

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.