2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Child Development is the 239th most popular major in the country with 4,641 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across the Plains States region, there were 232 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 91 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in child development. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the child development program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying child development.

Top 3 Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Plains States Region

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

1,099 GI Bill® Students**

#1 in overall quality

$6,562 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school awarded 9 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s child development students in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree vets studying child development list, K -State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking.Of the 20,854 students enrolled at K -State, 1,099 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,562. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. K -State does offer credit for military training for eligible students.

With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.

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2

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

9 GI Bill® Students**

#3 in overall quality

YES Student Veterans Organization

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Missouri. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s list. University of Central Missouri is a fairly large school located in Warrensburg, Missouri that handed out 36 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

UCM also made our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #3.According to our most recent data, University of Central Missouri supports 9,959 students, and 9 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 10 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $4,238. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.

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3

Concordia University, Saint Paul
Saint Paul, Minnesota

196 GI Bill® Students**

#2 in overall quality

$8,143 Average GI Bill® Award

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Plains States Region for Child Development for a Bachelor’s list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 40 bachelors’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list.According to our most recent data, Concordia University, Saint Paul supports 5,585 students, and 196 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 118 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $8,143. In addition to receiving other benefits, 7 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.

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

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• Best Child Development Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans

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).
• Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
• 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.
• **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
• 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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