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2022 Best Child development Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas

2 Colleges in Arkansas
7 Bachelor's Degrees
If you plan on getting your bachelor's degree in child development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #164 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

For its 2022 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to determine which ones were the best for child development students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 7 bachelor's degrees in child development to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

  • Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child development students as compared to other majors.
  • Major Demand - How many other child development students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
  • Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
  • Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for child development students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child development Bachelor's Degree Schools in Arkansas ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we've developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Go ahead and give it a try, or bookmark the link so you can check it out later.

Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child development in Arkansas

Below you'll see a list of the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in child development.

Top Arkansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Child development

#1

Harding University

Searcy, AR
6 Annual Graduates

Harding University is a wonderful option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in child development. Harding is a small private not-for-profit university located in the town of Searcy.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Harding University

#2

Henderson State University

Arkadelphia, AR
1 Annual Graduates

Henderson State University is a great option for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in child development. Henderson State University is a small public university located in the town of Arkadelphia.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Henderson State University

Best Child development Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Child development Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Colleges Degrees Awarded
Georgia 447 5
Tennessee 445 80
North Carolina 434 100
Virginia 417 33
South Carolina 353 19
Alabama 318 19
Mississippi 261 21
West Virginia 235 48

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Child development is one of 9 different types of Human Development & Family Studies programs to choose from.

Majors Similar to Child development

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies 68
Family & Community Services 22

Notes and References

  • The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
  • 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 the rest 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin. More about our data sources and methodologies.

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