2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Child Development is the 239th most popular major in the country with 4,413 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 756 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,396 and $49,784 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in child development. That schools that top this list have a program in child development in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Far Western US Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Far Western US Region”.

Top 2 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Far Western US Region

1

University of La Verne
La Verne, California

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of La Verne landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in La Verne, California, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 43 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Child Development at ULV

2

Western Oregon University
Monmouth, Oregon

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Monmouth, Oregon, this small public school awarded 17 degrees to qualified masters’s child development students in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Full Western Oregon State College Child Development Report

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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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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