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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

7 Colleges
$6,553 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,645 Avg Salary

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

Human Development & Family Studies is the #46 most popular major in the country with 42,112 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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 the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 7 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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

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

#1

Hennepin Technical College

Brooklyn Park, MN

Our 2023 rankings named Hennepin Technical College the best value school in the Plains States Region for human development and family studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the suburb of Brooklyn Park, Hennepin Technical College is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Hennepin Technical College are $5,741 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Hennepin Technical College also did well on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a great value for human development and family studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Minneapolis Community and Technical College is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

Minneapolis Community and Technical College undergraduate students pay an average of $5,906 in tuition and fees each year.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Northeast Iowa Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the rural area of Calmar, NICC is a public school with a small student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at NICC are $6,840 per year. The average amount in student loans that human development majors at NICC take out while working on their Undergraduate Certificate is $14,037.

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#4

Southeast Technical College

Sioux Falls, SD

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Technical College. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Tech is a small public school located in the rural area of Sioux Falls.

Southeast Tech undergraduate students pay an average of $7,650 in tuition and fees each year. Human Development majors at Southeast Tech take out an average of $12,655 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

In addition to its great value ranking, Southeast Tech is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list.

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#5

Saint Louis Community College

Saint Louis, MO

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Saint Louis Community College. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. Saint Louis Community College is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Saint Louis.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Saint Louis Community College are $7,155 a year.

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Ozarks Technical Community College ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. OTC is a large public school located in the city of Springfield.

OTC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,028 in tuition and fees each year. After completing their Undergraduate Certificate, human development graduates from OTC carry an average student debtload of $19,986.

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With a ranking of #7, Des Moines Area Community College did quite well on this year’s best value schools for human development and family studies students working on their undergraduate certificate. DMACC is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Ankeny.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at DMACC are $10,440 per year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, human development majors at DMACC accumulate an average of around $17,142 in student debt.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best human development and family studies schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 320
Minnesota 232
Kansas 196
Iowa 222
Nebraska 97
North Dakota 192
South Dakota 75

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

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 7 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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