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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

24 Colleges
$28,863 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

Human Development & Family Studies is the #46 most popular major in the country with 42,112 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 24 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for human development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Top 10 Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in the United States for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Delaware is a great value for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UD is a fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Newark.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UD are $18,128 per year.

UD also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Texas Tech is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lubbock.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 a year.

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The excellent doctor’s degree programs at The University of Texas at Austin helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human development and family studies schools in the United States. UT Austin is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Austin.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UT Austin are $22,944 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, UT Austin also did well on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#5

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Clemson.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

Capella University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Capella University are $14,784 per year.

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Texas Woman’s University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking. Located in the midsize city of Denton, TWU is a public college with a large student population.

TWU graduate students pay an average of $15,048 in tuition and fees each year.

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With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Iowa State is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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Washington State University landed the #9 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value doctor’s degree human development and family studies programs. Wazzu is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Pullman.

Wazzu graduate students pay an average of $28,190 in tuition and fees each year.

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#10

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

University of Georgia ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the midsize city of Athens, UGA is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UGA graduate students pay an average of $27,464 in tuition and fees each year.

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Human Development & Family Studies by Region

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New England
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Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
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One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Human Development

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 24 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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