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

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

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

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.

The Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 17 schools in the Plains States Region to see which 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for human development majors pursuing a .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Nebraska - Lincoln the most popular school in the Plains States Region for human development and family studies students. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a very large student population.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

The excellent 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.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Plains States Region list. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Springfield.

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Out of the 17 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 4 spot on the list. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the medium-sized city of Columbia.

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The excellent programs at Iowa State University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in the Plains States Region . Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

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Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular human development and family studies programs. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

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#7

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #7, Capella University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for human development and family studies students. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.

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#8

Bellevue University

Bellevue, NE

Bellevue University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human development and family studies students. It came in at #8 on the list. Located in the large suburb of Bellevue, Bellevue University is a private not-for-profit college with a large student population.

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Wichita State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular human development and family studies programs. Located in the city of Wichita, WSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for human development and family studies students. It came in at #9 on the list. Located in the distant town of Winona, SMU MN is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development and family studies colleges 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

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 17 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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