2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in Ohio

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 17,542 people earned their degree in child development and psychology, making the major the 57th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, child development and psychology graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $34,186 and had an average of $22,623 in loans still to pay off.

Across Ohio, there were 107 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,246 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 child development and psychology graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,359 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in child development and psychology. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their child development and psychology program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio

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

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development & Psychology in Ohio

1

Kent State University at Kent
Kent, Ohio

#19 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kent State University at Kent. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio list. Kent State is a public institution located in Kent, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 12 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Kent State Child Development & Psychology Report

2

Ohio State University - Main Campus
Columbus, Ohio

#2 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio list. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 28 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%.

Full Ohio State Child Development & Psychology Report

3

Ohio University - Athens Campus
Athens, Ohio

#9 overall quality in Ohio

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 4 masters’s child development degrees in 2020-2021.

Full Ohio University - Athens Campus Child Development & Psychology Report

4

University of Dayton
Dayton, Ohio

#7 overall quality in Ohio

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Dayton landed the #4 spot on the list. Dayton, Ohio is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 91%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Child Development & Psychology at UDayton

5

University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, Ohio

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Child Development Major in Ohio that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Akron Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Akron, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified masters’s child development students in 2020-2021.

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

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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

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate 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.