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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.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for human development majors pursuing a doctor's degree.

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 fairly large public school located in the large suburb of Montclair.

Montclair State graduate students pay an average of $13,519 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Delaware. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a 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

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Texas Tech University is a great value for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. 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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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means The University of Texas at Austin is a great value for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. UT Austin is a very large public school located in the city of Austin.

UT Austin graduate students pay an average of $22,944 in tuition and fees each year.

UT Austin also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.

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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.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Clemson are $23,246 per year.

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#6

Capella University

Minneapolis, MN

With a ranking of #6, Capella University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit school with a very large student population.

Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.

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Texas Woman’s University ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Located in the medium-sized city of Denton, TWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at TWU are $15,048 a year.

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Iowa State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools list. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Iowa State also is in the top 10% of our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools ranking.

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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 very 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 medium-sized city of Athens, UGA is a public school 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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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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