2024 Best Child Development Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

If you plan on getting your master's degree in child development, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #341 in the country in terms of popularity. As a result, there are many college that offer the degree, making your choice of school a hard one.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Great Lakes Region to determine which ones were the best for child development students pursuing a master's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 54 master's degrees in child development to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

• Best Master’s Degree Schools List

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 students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• 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.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for child development students working on their master's degree.

More Ways to Rank Child Development Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Child Development Master's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list to help you make the college decision.

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development in the Great Lakes Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a master's degree in child development.

Top Great Lakes Region Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

Erikson Institute
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

35 Annual Graduates

Erikson Institute is a great decision for individuals interested in a master's degree in child development. The Erikson Institute is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.More information about a master’s in child development from Erikson Institute

2

University of Illinois at Chicago
Chicago, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

11 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in child development needs to take a look at University of Illinois at Chicago. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a master’s in child development from University of Illinois at Chicago

3

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, OH

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

7 Annual Graduates

It is hard to beat University of Akron Main Campus if you want to pursue a master's degree in child development. Located in the city of Akron, University of Akron Main Campus is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a master’s in child development from University of Akron Main Campus

Best Child Development Colleges by State

Explore the best child development schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Illinois	553	46
Ohio	494	7
Michigan	476	1

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Child Development Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Human Development & Family Studies area of study, Child Development has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	32
Child Care & Support Services Management	28
Family & Community Services	14
Other Human Development, Family Studies, & Related Services	13
Adult Development & Aging	8

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).
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