2025 Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

a bachelor's degree in child development is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #176 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 75 bachelor's degrees in child development to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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 schools for child development students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Development Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child Development in North Carolina

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in child development.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Bachelor's in Child Development

1

Meredith College
Raleigh, NC

12 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in child development needs to look into Meredith College. Located in the city of Raleigh, Meredith is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Meredith College

2

Appalachian State University
Boone, NC

39 Annual Graduates

Appalachian State University is a great decision for individuals interested in a bachelor's degree in child development. Appalachian State is a very large public university located in the distant town of Boone.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Appalachian 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
Tennessee	460	73
Georgia	453	13
Virginia	421	50
South Carolina	370	39
Alabama	320	26
Arkansas	294	8
Mississippi	275	18
West Virginia	223	38

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Child Development Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Human Development & Family Studies area of study, Child Development has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	98
Family & Community Services	44

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).
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