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2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

9 Colleges
$26,844 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$49,734 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, child development and psychology was ranked #58 in the country. In fact 17,542 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 9 schools in the Plains States Region to see which master's degree programs offered the best value experiences for child development students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for child development majors pursuing a master's degree.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Child Development & Psychology

#2

Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

The excellent master’s degree programs at Saint Louis University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value child development and psychology schools in the Plains States Region . SLU is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

SLU graduate students pay an average of $22,614 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

University of Kansas

Lawrence, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Kansas. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. KU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Lawrence.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at KU are $25,007 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. UCM is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

UCM graduate students pay an average of $16,992 in tuition and fees each year.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. Capella University is a very large private for-profit school located in the large city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 a year.

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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. UMN Twin Cities is a very large public school located in the city of Minneapolis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UMN Twin Cities also did well on our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities Report

#8

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at K -State are $23,949 per year.

Full Child Development & Psychology at Kansas State University Report

Washington University in St Louis landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value master’s degree child development and psychology programs. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at WUSTL are $58,288 a year.

WUSTL also took the #2 spot in our Best Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region rankings.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges by State

Explore the best child development and psychology schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 671
Minnesota 552
Kansas 187
Iowa 69
Nebraska 136
North Dakota 2

One of 3 majors within the area of study, child development and psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
General Psychology 141,695
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology 33,758
Other Psychology 2,683

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 9 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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