Child Development is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #239 most popular degree program in the country. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.
In 2025, College Factual analyzed 4 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Development Schools in Michigan ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 228 degrees in child development to qualified students.
Your choice of child development school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for child development schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
You may want to choose one of the degree levels below to find the schools of most interest to you.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Child Development Schools in Michigan ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the child development degrees they offer, see the list below.
Every student who is interested in child development has to take a look at Michigan State University. Located in the city of East Lansing, Michigan State is a public university with a very large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #54 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means Michigan State is a great university overall.
There were approximately 20 child development students who graduated with this degree at Michigan State in the most recent year we have data available.
Every student who is interested in child development has to look into Central Michigan University. Central Michigan is a fairly large public university located in the distant town of Mount Pleasant. This university ranks 6th out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were approximately 76 child development students who graduated with this degree at Central Michigan in the most recent year we have data available.
Western Michigan University is a great option for students pursuing a degree in child development. Located in the city of Kalamazoo, WMU is a public university with a large student population. A Best Colleges rank of #322 out of 2,152 schools nationwide means WMU is a great university overall.
There were approximately 58 child development students who graduated with this degree at WMU in the most recent year we have data available.
It's difficult to beat Baker College if you want to pursue a degree in child development. Located in the town of Owosso, Baker College is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population. This college ranks 32nd out of 56 schools for overall quality in the state of Michigan.
There were about 30 child development students who graduated with this degree at Baker College in the most recent data year.
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).
Your choice of child development school matters, so we have put together these rankings to help you make your decision. In order to come up with a best overall ranking for child development schools, we combine our degree-level rankings, weighting them by the number of degrees awarded at each level.
