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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

4 Colleges
$16,168 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$29,950 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #62 most popular major in Washington with 297 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in Washington to see which 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington

Check out the human development programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Washington Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Family Studies

$7,922 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Eastern Washington University the best value school in Washington for human development and family studies students. EWU is a large public school located in the town of Cheney.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at EWU are $7,922 a year. While working on their degree, human development majors at EWU accumulate an average of around $22,000 in student debt.

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$12,417 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington list. Located in the distant town of Pullman, Wazzu is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Wazzu undergraduate students pay an average of $12,417 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, human development graduates from Wazzu take out $23,800 in student loans while working on their degree. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $353, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

In addition to its great value ranking, Wazzu is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington list.

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$8,685 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington list. CWU is a large public school located in the distant town of Ellensburg.

CWU undergraduate students pay an average of $8,685 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, human development graduates from CWU carry an average student debtload of $25,250.

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$35,646 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Seattle Pacific University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Washington. Located in the city of Seattle, SPU is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at SPU are $35,646 per year.

SPU excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington list.

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Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Far Western US Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
California 6,606
Oregon 483
Nevada 174
Hawaii 69
Alaska 29

Human Development & Family Studies is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

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 4 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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