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2023 Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

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Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Master's Degree School for You

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.

The Most Popular Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Missouri to see which ones were the most popular master's degree programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Human Development & Family Studies program at each school on the list.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for human development majors pursuing a master's degree.

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the most popular school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Missouri. Located in the medium-sized city of Springfield, Missouri State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great place for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a very large student population.

Of the 23 students majoring in human development at Mizzou, 4% are male and 96% are female.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at University of Missouri - Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the # 3 spot on the list. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the town of Warrensburg.

Women make up 89% of the human development majors at the school.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at University of Central Missouri Report

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

Explore all the Most Popular Human Development & Family Studies Schools 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

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 3 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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