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by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students 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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Child Development & Psychology is the 57th most popular major in the country with 19,646 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , child development & psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $34,037 and had an average of $23,167 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 1,541 child development & psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,872 and $24,735 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 292 child development & psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,858 and $37,352 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered a degree in child development & psychology. That schools that top this list have a program in child development & psychology in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree child development students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 15 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region list. UMN Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 masters’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Washington University in St Louis. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region. Washington University in St Louis is a fairly large school located in Saint Louis, Missouri that handed out 9 masters’s child development degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 96%. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 7 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.4% 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%.
University of Kansas did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #6. This large school is located in Lawrence, Kansas, and it awarded 6 masters’s child development degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Mizzou is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 12 masters’s child development degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Central Missouri ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region list. University of Central Missouri is a fairly large public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 52 masters’s child development degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Saint Louis University landed the #9 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region ranking. SLU is located in Saint Louis, Missouri and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 1 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Plains States Region ranking. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 3 masters’s child development degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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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