2025 Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas

Child Development & Psychology is above average in terms of popularity with it being the #37 most popular bachelor's degree program in the country. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

In 2025, College Factual analyzed 2 schools in order to identify the top ones for its Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas ranking. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 153 bachelor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on child development & psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development & psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How easy is it for child development & psychology to pay back their student loans after receiving their bachelor'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 schools for child development & psychology students working on their bachelor's degree.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Kansas list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in Kansas

Explore the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Kansas Schools for a Bachelor's in Child Development

1

University of Kansas
Lawrence, KS

39 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Kansas if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development & psychology. KU is a fairly large public university located in the city of Lawrence.More information about a bachelor’s in child development & psychology from University of Kansas

2

Kansas State University
Manhattan, KS

110 Annual Graduates

$36,257 Median Starting Salary

$21,678 Median Student Debt

Any student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in child development & psychology needs to check out Kansas State University. K -State is a fairly large public university located in the small city of Manhattan.

Bachelor's students who receive their degree from the child development program earn an average of $36,257 for their early career.

More information about a bachelor’s in child development & psychology from Kansas State University

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Child Development & Psychology Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	228	562
Minnesota	215	280
Iowa	197	69
Nebraska	180	136
North Dakota	149	2

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Child Development & Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	152
Developmental & Child Psychology	1

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	868
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	33
Other Psychology	2

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.