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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

19 Colleges
$24,657 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,243 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate 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.

The Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 19 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Erikson Institute

Chicago, IL

Our 2023 rankings named Erikson Institute the best value school in the United States for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Chicago, The Erikson Institute is a private not-for-profit school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at The Erikson Institute are $20,588 a year.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. Clemson is a very large public school located in the suburb of Clemson.

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

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Clemson also did well on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#3

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human development and family studies schools in the United States. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. OSU is a fairly large public school located in the distant town of Stillwater.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

Towson University

Towson, MD

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Towson University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human development and family studies schools in the United States. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Towson are $19,890 a year.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

With a ranking of #6, Kansas State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

K -State also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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With a ranking of #6, University of North Alabama did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. UNA is a medium-sized public school located in the small city of Florence.

UNA graduate students pay an average of $13,860 in tuition and fees each year.

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Iowa State University ranked #8 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools list. 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.

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#9

University of Georgia

Athens, GA

With a ranking of #9, University of Georgia did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Athens, UGA is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UGA are $27,464 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UGA also is in the top 15% of our Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking.

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Eastern Washington University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Located in the town of Cheney, EWU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at EWU are $28,965 a year.

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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 19 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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