2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 439 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 51 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 4 colleges that offered a degree in child development. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region.

Top 4 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Great Lakes Region

#1

Erikson Institute

Chicago, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$22,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Erikson Institute. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Chicago, Illinois, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 32 diplomas to qualified masters’s child development students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at The Erikson Institute, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Erikson Institute are $22,400, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Child Development at The Erikson Institute

#2

University of Akron Main Campus

Akron, Ohio

#4 in overall quality

$15,217 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Akron Main Campus is a fairly large public school situated in Akron, Ohio. It awarded 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

University of Akron Main Campus also took the #4 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Akron Main Campus are $15,217, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Child Development at University of Akron Main Campus

#3

University of Illinois at Chicago

Chicago, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$27,036 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region. Chicago, Illinois is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

UIC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UIC are $27,036, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Child Development at University of Illinois at Chicago

#4

Michigan State University

East Lansing, Michigan

#1 in overall quality

$37,056 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Michigan State is a large school located in East Lansing, Michigan that handed out 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Michigan State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.

Read full report on Child Development at Michigan State

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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