2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate School for You
Human Development & Family Studies is the #25 most popular major in Alabama with 550 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
The Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Family Studies
Our analysis found University of North Alabama to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. UNA is a medium-sized public school located in the city of Florence.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UNA are $7,140 a year.
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The excellent graduate certificate programs at Auburn University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human development and family studies schools in Alabama. Located in the city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Auburn are $11,826 a year.
Auburn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.
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Request InformationBest Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southeast Region
Explore all the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 329 |
| Virginia | 614 |
| North Carolina | 298 |
| Florida | 660 |
| Tennessee | 375 |
| Kentucky | 212 |
| South Carolina | 435 |
| Louisiana | 315 |
| Arkansas | 184 |
| Mississippi | 423 |
| West Virginia | 328 |
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Human Development & Family Studies Related Majors for Human Development
One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 2 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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