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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

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$65,693 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Doctor'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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Child Development & Psychology program at each school on the list.

Check out the child development doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Plains States Region .

Our 2023 rankings named University of Minnesota - Twin Cities the most popular school in the Plains States Region for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 65% of the child development majors at the school.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

Out of the 9 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington University in St Louis landed the # 2 spot on the list. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

About 80% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 20% are male.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

Out of the 9 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Kansas landed the # 3 spot on the list. KU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

Women make up 71% of the child development majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 11 students majoring in child development at Mizzou, 55% are male and 45% are female.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

#5

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

About 78% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 22% are male.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Capella University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the city of Minneapolis.

Of the 8 students majoring in child development at Capella University, 25% are male and 75% are female.

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#7

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for child development and psychology students to get a doctor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 71% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 29% are male.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Kansas State University Report

With a ranking of #9, North Dakota State University - Main Campus did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students working on their doctor’s degree. North Dakota State University is a large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

Read full report on Child Development & Psychology at North Dakota State University - Main Campus

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
Missouri 75
Minnesota 272
Kansas 60
North Dakota 0

One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
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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