2024 Best Child Development & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Missouri

If you plan on getting your master's degree in child development & psychology, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #80 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 Missouri to determine which ones were the best for child development & psychology students pursuing a master's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 25 master's degrees in child development & psychology during the 2020-2021 academic year.

Jump to one of the following sections: * Our Methodology

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Early-Career Earnings

One measure we use to determine the quality of a school is to look at the average salary of master's graduates during the early years of their career. That is, everyone wants their master's degree to be worth something, and salaries are one measure of determining that.

Other Factors We Consider

In addition to the above, you should consider some of the following factors:

• Major Focus - How much a school focuses on child development & psychology students vs. other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development & psychology students want to attend this school to pursue a master's degree.
• Educational Resources - The amount of money and other resources allocated to students while they are pursuing their degree. These resources include such things as number of students per instructor and education expenditures per student.
• Student Debt - How much debt child development & psychology students go into to obtain their master's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development & psychology related body.

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

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 & Psychology Master's Degree Schools in Missouri list to help you make the college decision.

 

Best Schools for Master’s Students to Study Child Development & Psychology in Missouri

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for child development & psychology students seeking a a master's degree.

Top Missouri Schools for a Master's in Child Development

1

Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO

10 Annual Graduates

Washington University in St Louis is a good choice for individuals pursuing a master's degree in child development & psychology. Located in the large suburb of Saint Louis, WUSTL is a private not-for-profit university with a large student population.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Washington University in St Louis

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, MO

9 Annual Graduates

University of Missouri - Columbia is one of the finest schools in the country for getting a master's degree in child development & psychology. Mizzou is a fairly large public university located in the midsize city of Columbia.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Missouri - Columbia

3

Saint Louis University
Saint Louis, MO

3 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology needs to check out Saint Louis University. SLU is a fairly large private not-for-profit university located in the large city of Saint Louis.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from Saint Louis University

4

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO

3 Annual Graduates

Any student who is interested in a master's degree in child development & psychology needs to check out University of Central Missouri. UCM is a large public university located in the town of Warrensburg.More information about a master’s in child development & psychology from University of Central Missouri

Best Child Development & Psychology Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Minnesota	174	240
Kansas	149	22
North Dakota	115	0

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Rankings in Majors Related to Child Development

One of 24 majors within the Psychology area of study, Child Development & Psychology has other similar majors worth exploring.

Child Development Concentrations

Major	Annual Graduates
Other Research & Experimental Psychology	22
Experimental Psychology	3

Majors Similar to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Clinical, Counseling & Applied Psychology	315
General Psychology	44

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). More about our data sources and methodologies.