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

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$49,734 Avg Salary

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 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 10 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs 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.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for child development majors pursuing a master's degree.

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the most popular school in the Plains States Region for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 95% of the child development majors at the school.

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The in-demand master’s degree programs at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in the Plains States Region . UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

Women make up 93% of the child development majors at the school.

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#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the small city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

About 43% of the students majoring in child development at the school are women while 57% are male.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Kansas State University Report

The in-demand master’s degree programs at Washington University in St Louis helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular child development and psychology schools in the Plains States Region . WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular places for child development and psychology students to get a master’s degree. It came in at #6 on the list. Located in the midsize city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 89% of the child development majors at the school.

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#7

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

University of Kansas landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree child development and psychology programs. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

Women make up 88% of the child development majors at the school.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Kansas Report

#8

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

Of the 3 students majoring in child development at SLU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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University of Central Missouri landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular master’s degree child development and psychology programs. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

Women make up 67% of the child development majors at the school.

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With a ranking of #10, 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 master’s degree. North Dakota State University is a fairly large public school located in the medium-sized city of Fargo.

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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 10 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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