by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 4,641 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 239th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,630 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in child development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular child development programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, College of Charleston landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Charleston, South Carolina, and it awarded 17 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #2 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is located in Nashville, Tennessee and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 96%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Georgia. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. University of Georgia is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 8 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Tougaloo College landed the #4 spot on the list. Tougaloo, Mississippi is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carson - Newman University. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Child Development Major in the Southeast Region for a Master’s. Carson - Newman University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Jefferson City, Tennessee. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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