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2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region

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Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2021-2022, 4,413 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,468 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 37 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,462 and $43,311 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in child development. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in child development.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree child development students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Southeast Region

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Tougaloo College
Tougaloo, Mississippi

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tougaloo College landed the #1 spot on the list. Tougaloo is a private not-for-profit institution located in Tougaloo, Mississippi. The school has a small population, and it awarded 5 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.

Read full report on Child Development at Tougaloo College

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College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region list. College of Charleston is a public institution located in Charleston, South Carolina. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Child Development at C of C

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Vanderbilt University
Nashville, Tennessee

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region. Vanderbilt is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 23 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Full Vanderbilt Child Development Report

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Georgia landed the #4 spot on the list. Athens, Georgia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 3 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full UGA Child Development Report

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Carson - Newman University
Jefferson City, Tennessee

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Carson - Newman University landed the #5 spot on the list. Carson - Newman University is located in Jefferson City, Tennessee and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Child Development at Carson - Newman University

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