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

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.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Nebraska to determine which ones were the best for child development & psychology students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 118 bachelor's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2022-2023 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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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

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 bachelor'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 much debt child development & psychology students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development & psychology related body.

Our full 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.

More Ways to Rank Child Development & Psychology Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Child Development & Psychology Bachelor's Degree Schools in Nebraska list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

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

Top Nebraska Schools for a Bachelor's in Child Development

1

Creighton University
Omaha, NE

74 Annual Graduates

$26,845 Median Starting Salary

$42,162 Median Student Debt

Creighton University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the city of Omaha, Creighton is a private not-for-profit university with a medium-sized student population.

Students who graduate with their bachelor's from the child development program state that they receive average early career income of $26,845.

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

2

University of Nebraska at Kearney
Kearney, NE

44 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat University of Nebraska at Kearney if you wish to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the town of Kearney, UNK is a public university with a medium-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in child development & psychology from University of Nebraska at Kearney

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges 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
Kansas	184	127
North Dakota	149	2

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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
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	118

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Psychology	632
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	60

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.