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Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in New Mexico

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$4,493 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$24,377 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #37 most popular major in New Mexico with 116 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Schools in New Mexico ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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 New Mexico Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Family Studies

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Central New Mexico Community College the best value school in New Mexico for human development and family studies students. CNM is a large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at CNM take out is $7,500.

CNM did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in New Mexico list.

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$7,301 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at New Mexico State University - Main Campus helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in New Mexico. NMSU Main Campus is a fairly large public school located in the midsize suburb of Las Cruces.

NMSU Main Campus undergraduate students pay an average of $7,301 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, human development majors at NMSU Main Campus accumulate an average of around $20,500 in student debt.

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Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Southwest Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 1,478
Arizona 149
Oklahoma 436

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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