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

13 Colleges
$31,872 Avg Salary
$22,258 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology 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 Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 13 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 Child Development & Psychology program at each school on the list.

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

#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. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

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Out of the 13 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 3 spot on the list. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington University in St Louis. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region list. WUSTL is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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#5

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region list. KU is a very large public school located in the city of Lawrence.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular child development and psychology programs. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the most popular schools for child development and psychology students. It came in at #7 on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

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With a ranking of #8, Fort Hays State University did quite well on this year’s most popular schools for child development and psychology students. Located in the town of Hays, FHSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the most popular child development and psychology programs. Located in the midsize city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a very large student population.

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#10

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

Saint Louis University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Saint Louis.

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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 13 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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