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58 Master's degrees in Childhood Studies in United States
Child Life
The Master of Science in Child Life at University of La Verne prepares students to work with a special population: hospitalized children. Certified Child Life Specialists strive to educate and help children and their families cope with healthcare issues, thereby minimizing potential stress and anxiety for all.
Child and Adolescent Development
The Child and Adolescent Development degree at California State University Sacramento offers an opportunity for the advanced study of developmental theory and research in preparation for a wide range of professional objectives involving children, adolescents, and families.
Child Life
Child Life graduates at Azusa Pacific University are allied health care professionals who support children and their families facing challenging experiences, particularly traumatic medical situations.
Integrated Childhood Well-Being
This Integrated Childhood Well-Being M.A. degree from University of Oklahoma will bring together a variety of disciplines, including social work, urban design, public administration, education and allied health, to provide an education in holistic child well-being.
Holistic Child Development
The Holistic Child Development program at Lee University is designed to prepare a student for working in child development and advocacy organizations both domestically and internationally.
Social Work and Child Development
At Social Work and Child Development from Sarah Lawrence College students can pursue study leading to a master’s degree in Social Work and a master’s degree in Child Development.
Childhood Studies
The Childhood Studies programme of Rutgers University involves the cross-disciplinary study of children and childhood within historical, multicultural, national, and global contexts. Each combination of perspectives brings new insights into the lives of children and the families, cultures and societies in which they are embedded.
Lifespan Developmental Psychology
Researchers in Lifespan Developmental Psychology seek to understand human development across the lifespan at specific stages or ages in life (i.e., childhood, adolescence, aging). The Department offers a Master of Science in Lifespan Developmental Psychology at North Carolina State University.
Child Development
The Child Development interdisciplinary program offered by the University of California, Davis, provides an in-depth examination of human behavioral development from infancy through adolescence as a basis for developing new and applying existing knowledge.
Family and Child Studies – Family Science
Family and Child Studies – Family Science from University of Central Oklahoma prepares students to apply for the Family Life Educator credential from the National Council on Family Relations.
Child and Family Development
The focus of the Child and Family Development program of The University of Akron is on the individual, the family, and the relationship between families and the changing social, economic, and physical environments.
Podiatric Medicine and Public Health
Apply the strategies of public health to complex foot and ankle issues in this Podiatric Medicine and Public Health dual degree program at Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai.
Child and Family Development
The focus of the Child and Family Development program offered by San Diego State University is on social and emotional development and on child development in context (e.g., early childhood education programs, schools, families, communities).
Family and Child Studies - Infant and Child Specialist
Family and Child Studies - Infant and Child Specialist from University of Central Oklahoma prepares students for the certification examination in Family Life Education from the National Council on Family Relations.
Child Life Studies
This Child Life Studies standard track at Missouri State University is for students wishing to pursue a graduate degree in Child Life Studies with no previous background or training in child life. Graduates are educated and clinically trained to support infants, children, youth and families cope with stress and uncertainty of acute and chronic illness, injury, trauma, disability and loss.
Teaching - Childhood Special Education
The Teaching - Childhood Special Education program at Fordham University prepares such teachers through a rigorous academic program that builds on a foundation of childhood education and psychology and provides a strong sequence of field experiences and student teaching.
Child, Youth and Family Studies
The Department of Child, Youth and Family Studies offers graduate programs leading to the M.S. degree from University of Nebraska-Lincoln.

Humanitarian Action and Human Rights - Women and Children's Advocacy (Online)
Women and children face unique challenges that often leave them vulnerable to oppression and exploitation. With Liberty University’s Master of Arts (MA) in Humanitarian Action and Human Rights - Women and Children's Advocacy (Online), you can learn how to protect and assist women and children facing dangerous situations and human rights violations.