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2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

1 Ranked Colleges
31 Degrees Awarded
$13,600 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 15,161 people earned their degree in child development and psychology, making the major the 72nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $32,673 and had an average of $25,889 in loans still to pay off.

Across Missouri, there were 612 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,350 and $23,374 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 31 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,631 and $21,057 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development and psychology 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 and psychology program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology (Income $0-$30k) in Missouri

#1

Park University

Parkville, Missouri
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Park University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for an Associate in Missouri For Those Making $0-$30k list. Park University is a fairly large school located in Parkville, Missouri that handed out 31 associates’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

Park University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Development & Psychology Associate Degree Schools in Missouri” list. The yearly cost to attend Park University is $13,622 for Missouri Associate Degree Child Development students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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