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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$23,623 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,736 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Master's Degree 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Master's Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region to see which master's degree 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. 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.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

Best Middle Atlantic Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Child Development & Family Studies

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ

Our 2023 rankings named Montclair State University the best value school in the Middle Atlantic Region for human development and family studies students working on their master’s degree. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Montclair State are $13,519 per year.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Montclair State University Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Delaware. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. UD is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Newark.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UD are $18,128 a year.

UD also claimed a spot on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools in this category.

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#3

Towson University

Towson, MD

Out of the 4 schools in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Towson University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Towson, Towson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Towson graduate students pay an average of $19,890 in tuition and fees each year.

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#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY

The excellent master’s degree programs at Syracuse University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human development and family studies schools in the Middle Atlantic Region . Syracuse is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Syracuse.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Syracuse are $42,954 a year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Syracuse also did well on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Syracuse University

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 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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