2025 Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

a bachelor's degree in child development is more popular than many other degrees. In fact, it ranks #176 out of 1232 on popularity of all such degrees in the nation. This means you won't have too much trouble finding schools that offer the degree.

For its 2025 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to determine which ones were the best for child development students pursuing a bachelor's degree. Combined, these schools handed out 73 bachelor's degrees in child development to qualified students.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to child development students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other child development students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized child development related body.

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

More Ways to Rank Child Development Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Child Development Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Child Development in the Plains States Region

The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a bachelor's degree in child development.

Top Plains States Region Schools for a Bachelor's in Child Development

1

University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, MO

30 Annual Graduates

Every student pursuing a degree in a bachelor's degree in child development has to take a look at University of Central Missouri. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public university with a fairly large student population.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from University of Central Missouri

2

Concordia University, Saint Paul
Saint Paul, MN

32 Annual Graduates

It is difficult to beat Concordia University, Saint Paul if you want to pursue a bachelor's degree in child development. Located in the city of Saint Paul, Concordia University, Saint Paul is a private not-for-profit university with a moderately-sized student population.More information about a bachelor’s in child development from Concordia University, Saint Paul

Best Child Development Colleges by State

Explore the best child development colleges for a specific state in the Plains States Region .

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Missouri	475	37
Minnesota	446	40
Iowa	403	2
Kansas	352	12
North Dakota	251	0

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Child Development Related Rankings by Major

One of 10 majors within the Human Development & Family Studies area of study, Child Development has other similar majors worth exploring.

Most Popular Majors Related to Child Development

Related Major	Annual Graduates
General Human Development & Family Studies	401
Family & Community Services	31
Child Care & Support Services Management	24
Child Care Provider/Assistant	9
Early Childhood and Family Studies	9
Family Systems	7

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).
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