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

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$5,563 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,645 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 614 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Virginia college or university. This makes it the #53 most popular major in the state.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Virginia to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for human development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia

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

Best Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Child Development & Family Studies

Our 2023 rankings named Northern Virginia Community College the best value school in Virginia for human development and family studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large suburb of Annandale, Northern Virginia Community College is a public school with a very large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Northern Virginia Community College are $5,565 per year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, human development graduates from Northern Virginia Community College carry an average student debtload of $18,014.

Northern Virginia Community College also made our Best Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Virginia list, coming in at #2.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Northern Virginia Community College

The excellent undergraduate certificate programs at Tidewater Community College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value human development and family studies schools in Virginia. Located in the medium-sized city of Norfolk, Tidewater Community College is a public college with a large student population.

Tidewater Community College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,561 in in-state tuition and fees each year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at Tidewater Community College take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $17,225.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Tidewater Community College Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 329
North Carolina 298
Florida 660
Tennessee 375
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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