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2023 Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Missouri

5 Colleges
$28,260 Avg Salary
$24,952 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 320 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Missouri college or university. This makes it the #57 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Missouri to see which online programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

Check out the online human development programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Missouri.

Our 2023 rankings named University of Missouri - Columbia the most popular online school in Missouri for human development and family studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a very large student population.

While working on their degree, human development majors at Mizzou accumulate an average of around $26,000 in student debt. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $439.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Missouri list. Located in the distant town of Fayette, CMU CGES is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

Human Development majors at CMU CGES take out an average of $26,334 in student loans while working on their egree.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Missouri State University - West Plains. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Most Popular Online Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Missouri list. Located in the town of West Plains, Missouri State West Plains is a public college with a small student population.

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The excellent online programs at State Fair Community College helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Missouri. State Fair Community College is a small public school located in the remote town of Sedalia.

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Out of the 5 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, Maryville University of Saint Louis landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, Maryville U is a private not-for-profit school with a large student population.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 232
Kansas 196
Iowa 222
Nebraska 97
North Dakota 192
South Dakota 75

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Human Development & Family Studies is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 5 schools only.

  • 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).
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