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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$19,890 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,243 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, human development and family studies was ranked #46 in the country. In fact 42,112 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

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.

The Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

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

Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate School

#1

Towson University

Towson, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Towson University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for human development and family studies students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a very 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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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development and family studies schools for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 591
New York 909
Maryland 370
New Jersey 315
District of Columbia 28
Delaware 7

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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