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2023 Most Popular 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.

The Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Development & Family Studies program at each school on the list.

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

Our 2023 rankings named Missouri State University - Springfield the most popular school in Missouri for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

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Out of the 3 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

Women make up 96% of the human development majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Central Missouri helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular human development and family studies schools in Missouri. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public college with a large student population.

About 89% of the students majoring in human development at the school are women while 11% are male.

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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.

  • 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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