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Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Tennessee

2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Tennessee

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$11,341 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$32,144 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #44 most popular major in Tennessee with 375 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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 Tennessee to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee 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.

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. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

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

$13,244 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found The University of Tennessee - Knoxville to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a degree in Tennessee. Located in the medium-sized city of Knoxville, UT Knoxville is a public college with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UT Knoxville are $13,244 per year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at UT Knoxville take out is $25,000. This translates to an average monthly loan payment of $230, based on a 10-year repayment plan.

UT Knoxville also made our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Tennessee list, coming in at #4.

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$9,438 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means East Tennessee State University is a great value for human development and family studies students. ETSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of Johnson City.

ETSU undergraduate students pay an average of $9,438 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at ETSU take out is $19,818.

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Best 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
Kentucky 212
South Carolina 435
Louisiana 315
Arkansas 184
Alabama 550
Mississippi 423
West Virginia 328

Human Development & Family Studies is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

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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