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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Utah

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$7,702 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,607 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #26 most popular major in Utah with 739 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. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 Utah to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in Utah 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.

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.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Utah

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

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

$6,120 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a degree in Utah. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

BYU undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at BYU take out is $12,002.

BYU did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Utah list.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT
$8,893 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Utah list. Located in the city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at U of U are $8,893 a year. Human Development majors at U of U take out an average of $17,025 in student loans while working on their egree.

U of U did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Utah list.

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$6,228 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Weber State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the city of Ogden, WSU is a public college with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at WSU are $6,228 per year. After completing their degree, human development graduates from WSU carry an average student debtload of $17,500.

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$8,960 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for human development and family studies students. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at USU are $8,960 per year. After completing their degree, human development graduates from USU carry an average student debtload of $16,742.

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#5

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, UT
$6,726 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 5 schools in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Cedar City, Southern Utah University is a public college with a large student population.

Southern Utah University undergraduate students pay an average of $6,726 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 108
Idaho 584
Montana 3
Wyoming 1

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 5 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin.

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