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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$18,245 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,731 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree School for You

In 2020-2021, 714 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Illinois college or university. This makes it the #54 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Schools in Illinois ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 7 schools in Illinois to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for human development students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Best Illinois Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Child Development & Family Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for human development and family studies students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Illinois State are $13,968 a year. After completing their Bachelor's Degree, human development graduates from Illinois State carry an average student debtload of $21,404. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $383.

Illinois State also took the #5 spot in our Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois rankings.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Illinois State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend National Louis University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, NLU is a private not-for-profit college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at NLU are $14,169 a year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at NLU take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $32,244.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign landed the # 3 spot on the list. UIUC is a very large public school located in the city of Champaign.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIUC are $17,634 a year. When it comes time to repay the loan, graduates who are on a 10-year repayment plan pay an average monthly payment of $434.

UIUC did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Illinois at Chicago. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the city of Chicago, UIC is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UIC are $15,603 a year. Human Development majors at UIC take out an average of $17,520 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

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Out of the 7 schools in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Northern Illinois University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the small suburb of Dekalb, NIU is a public school with a large student population.

NIU undergraduate students pay an average of $14,738 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, human development graduates from NIU take out $34,217 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $206, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Southern Illinois University Carbondale ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. Located in the small city of Carbondale, SIUC is a public school with a large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at SIUC are $15,240 a year.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Southern Illinois University Carbondale Report

#7

Bradley University

Peoria, IL

Bradley University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for human development and family studies students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Bradley is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Peoria.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Bradley are $36,360 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Bradley also did well on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Illinois list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Bradley University Report

Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 694
Ohio 597
Indiana 156
Wisconsin 299

One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 7 schools only.

  • 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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