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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$7,085 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,883 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #46 most popular major in Kansas with 196 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Kansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Kansas to see which ones offered the best value programs for human development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for human development majors pursuing a .

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

#1

Cowley County Community College

Arkansas City, KS
$3,750 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Cowley County Community College to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a degree in Kansas. Located in the distant town of Arkansas City, Cowley College is a public school with a small student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Cowley College are $3,750 a year.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$10,420 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Kansas State University is a great value for human development and family studies students. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $10,420 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, human development graduates from K -State take out $24,336 in student loans while working on their degree. For students who choose a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly student loan payment is $325.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, K -State is ranked #3 for overall quality for human development in Kansas.

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Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 320
Minnesota 232
Iowa 222
Nebraska 97
North Dakota 192
South Dakota 75

One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar 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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