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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$11,404 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

In 2020-2021, 222 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #54 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 in Iowa ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

Check out the human development doctor's degree programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree School

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Iowa State are $11,404 a year.

Iowa State also made our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #2.

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Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 320
Minnesota 232
Kansas 196
Nebraska 97
North Dakota 192
South Dakota 75

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 values are for the top school 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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