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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$8,323 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,645 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate School for You

With 591 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, human development and family studies is the #69 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. 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.

The Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Human Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Allegheny County the best value school in Pennsylvania for human development and family studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. CCAC is a large public school located in the large city of Pittsburgh.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCAC are $8,323 a year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at CCAC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,368.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Community College of Allegheny County

Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
New York 909
Maryland 370
New Jersey 315
District of Columbia 28
Delaware 7

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 values are for the top school 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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