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2023 Best Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Master's Degree School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #69 most popular major in Missouri with 65 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Missouri to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri to see which master's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. To come up with a school's ranking, we analyzed numerous factors related to post-graduation wages, the quality of education offered by the school, average accumulated student debt, and more.

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2023 Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri

The following schools top our list of the Best Human Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Colleges.

Top Missouri Schools for a Master's in Child Development & Family Studies

Our analysis found University of Missouri - Columbia to be the best school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Missouri. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at Missouri State University - Springfield helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Missouri. Missouri State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Springfield.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the distant town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public school with a large student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 57
Iowa 22
Kansas 47
Nebraska 55
North Dakota 7
South Dakota 0

One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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).
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