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

If you plan on getting your master's degree in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual reviewed 7 schools in New York to determine which ones were the best for master's degree seekers in the field of child development & psychology. Combined, these schools handed out 856 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. 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 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.

Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 New York list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in New York

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top New York Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

New York University
New York, NY

565 Annual Graduates

$48,960 Median Starting Salary

Any student pursuing a degree in a master's degree in child development & psychology needs to look into New York University. Located in the large city of New York, NYU is a private not-for-profit university with a fairly large student population.

Master's students who receive their degree from the child development program earn an average of $48,960 in their early career salary.

More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from New York University

2

Fordham University
Bronx, NY

35 Annual Graduates

$57,989 Median Starting Salary

Fordham University is a great choice for students interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the large city of Bronx, Fordham U is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.

Those child development & psychology students who get their master's degree from Fordham University make $4,055 more than the average child development student.

More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Fordham University

3

Cornell University
Ithaca, NY

12 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology has to check out Cornell University. Cornell is a very large private not-for-profit university located in the city of Ithaca.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Cornell University

4

Pace University - New York
New York, NY

37 Annual Graduates

Pace University - New York is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the large city of New York, Pace University is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Pace University - New York

5

Hunter College
New York, NY

34 Annual Graduates

Located in the city of New York, Hunter is a public college with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Hunter College

6

The Graduate Center, CUNY
New York, NY

23 Annual Graduates

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

7

St. Francis College
Brooklyn, NY

16 Annual Graduates

SFC is a small private not-for-profit college located in the city of Brooklyn.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from St. Francis College

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania	248	130
Maryland	193	9
New Jersey	188	92
District of Columbia	154	11
Delaware	109	2

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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	495
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	203
Cognitive Psychology & Psycholinguistics	43
Behavioral Neuroscience	38
Experimental Psychology	36
Social Psychology	31
Comparative Psychology	10

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	979
General Psychology	477
Other Psychology	148

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.