2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Southeast Region

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

Child Development is the 238th most popular major in the country with 4,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 1,333 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 26 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The child development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region”.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree child development students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Southeast Region

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashville, Tennessee. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 16 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624.

Read full report on Child Development at Vanderbilt University

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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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