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

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

With 671 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, child development and psychology is the #28 most popular major in Missouri.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Missouri to see which master's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Child Development & Psychology program at each school on the list.

Check out the child development master's degree programs at these schools if you want to attend one of the most popular in Missouri.

Our analysis found Washington University in St Louis to be the most popular school for child development and psychology students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Missouri. WUSTL is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Saint Louis.

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Out of the 4 schools in Missouri that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public college with a fairly large student population.

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

Full Child Development & Psychology at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

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Saint Louis University

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Saint Louis University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Child Development & Psychology Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri list. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Saint Louis.

Of the 3 students majoring in child development at SLU, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Central Missouri is a great place for child development and psychology students working on their master’s degree. UCM is a large public school located in the distant town of Warrensburg.

Women make up 67% of the child development majors at the school.

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Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
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 4 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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