2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

College Factual looked at 2 colleges and universities when compiling its 2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 303 master's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

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 & psychology students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - The number of child development & psychology students who choose to seek a master's degree at the school.
• 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.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for child development & psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their master's degree.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development & psychology related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in the Plains States Region

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
Minneapolis, MN

47 Annual Graduates

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a good decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology. UMN Twin Cities is a fairly large public university located in the city of Minneapolis.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

18 Annual Graduates

Kansas State University is a great choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Kansas State University

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development & psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	193	25
Minnesota	174	240
Kansas	149	22
North Dakota	115	0

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Child Development & Psychology Related Rankings by Major

Child Development & Psychology is one of 24 different types of Psychology programs to choose from.

Child Development Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Developmental & Child Psychology	247
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	47
Social Psychology	7
Experimental Psychology	2

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	2,945
General Psychology	527
Other Psychology	1

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.