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2022 Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k

9 Ranked Colleges
265 Degrees Awarded
$29,000 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master's For Those Making Over $110k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Child Development is the 238th most popular major in the country with 4,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 265 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 9 colleges that offer a degree in child development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 9 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income Over $110k)

#1

University of Georgia

Athens, Georgia
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #1 for the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 7 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

UGA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UGA are $27,476.

Full University of Georgia Child Development Report

#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Woman’s University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k list. Texas Woman’s University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 66 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also took the #7 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Texas Woman’s University are $14,962, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Child Development at Texas Woman’s University

#10 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Missouri State University - Springfield. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k. Missouri State is a public institution located in Springfield, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 25 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Missouri State also made our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #10. Average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State University - Springfield are $12,042, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Missouri State University - Springfield Child Development Report

#8 in overall quality

Out of the 9 schools in the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Chicago landed the #4 spot on the list. UIC is a large school located in Chicago, Illinois that handed out 11 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UIC, the school also landed the #8 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Illinois at Chicago are $27,036, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Child Development at University of Illinois at Chicago

#5

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k. Michigan State University is a large public school situated in East Lansing, Michigan. It awarded 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #3 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State University are $37,056, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Child Development at Michigan State University

#6

Towson University

Towson, Maryland
#9 in overall quality

Towson University did quite well in the 2022 Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k ranking, coming in at #6. Towson is a public institution located in Towson, Maryland. The school has a large population, and it awarded 17 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Towson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Towson University are $18,972, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Towson University Child Development Report

#11 in overall quality

University of Akron Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 4 degrees to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also made our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #11. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217.

Read full report on Child Development at University of Akron Main Campus

#8

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee
#4 in overall quality

Vanderbilt University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Located in Nashville, Tennessee, this fairly large private not-for-profit school awarded 16 degrees to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624.

Read more about Child Development at Vanderbilt

#9

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Tufts University landed the #9 spot on the 2022 Best Vallue Child development Schools for a Master’s For Those Making Over $110k ranking. Tufts is a fairly large school located in Medford, Massachusetts that handed out 29 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also made our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Child Development at Tufts University

Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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