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2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Plains States Region

3 Colleges
$30,697 Avg Salary
$25,652 Avg Student Debt

Human Development & Family Studies is the #111 most popular major in the country with 1,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for human development majors pursuing an online .

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular online school in the Plains States Region for human development and family studies students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Capella University Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent online programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Kansas State University Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

Explore the most popular online human development and family studies schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 65
Minnesota 57
Iowa 22
Kansas 47
Nebraska 55
North Dakota 7
South Dakota 0

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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.

  • 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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