by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking.
Child Development is the 239th most popular major in the country with 4,641 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Southeast region, there were 1,630 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 39 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,213 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in child development. That schools that top this list have a program in child development in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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 “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region”.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Tougaloo College landed the #1 spot on the list. Tougaloo College is a small school located in Tougaloo, Mississippi that handed out 1 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend College of Charleston. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region list. Charleston, South Carolina is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #3 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 13 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Georgia. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region list. UGA is a large school located in Athens, Georgia that handed out 8 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 94%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Carson - Newman University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in the Southeast Region. Carson - Newman is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Jefferson City, Tennessee. It awarded 0 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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