2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You
Out of all the majors we analyze each year, child development and psychology was ranked #79 in the country. In fact 2,576 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.
When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for child development students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.
For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.
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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Check out the child development master's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Child Development & Psychology
A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Saint Louis University is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at SLU are $22,614 per year.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Kansas helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Plains States Region . KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.
KU graduate students pay an average of $25,007 in tuition and fees each year.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. UCM is a large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.
UCM graduate students pay an average of $16,992 in tuition and fees each year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.
Capella University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 a year.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.
UMN Twin Cities excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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Kansas State University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.
Washington University in St Louis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.
WUSTL not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #2 on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State
Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.
State | Degrees Awarded |
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Missouri | 75 |
Minnesota | 272 |
Kansas | 60 |
North Dakota | 0 |
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Majors Related to Child Development
One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology | 29,224 |
General Psychology | 8,051 |
Other Psychology | 2,162 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 9 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).
More about our data sources and methodologies.
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