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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$6,120 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$18,645 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 222 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #54 most popular major in the state.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

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 Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Iowa to see which undergraduate certificate 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. 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.

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

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

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

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

Our analysis found Des Moines Area Community College to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a undergraduate certificate in Iowa. Located in the suburb of Ankeny, DMACC is a public school with a very large student population.

DMACC undergraduate students pay an average of $5,220 in in-state tuition and fees each year. On average, human development graduates from DMACC take out $17,142 in student loans while working on their Undergraduate Certificate.

DMACC also made our Best Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Northeast Iowa Community College. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Undergraduate Certificate Schools in Iowa list. NICC is a small public school located in the rural area of Calmar.

NICC undergraduate students pay an average of $6,120 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their Undergraduate Certificate, human development majors at NICC accumulate an average of around $14,037 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, NICC is ranked #4 for overall quality for human development in Iowa.

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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 Colleges in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 320
Minnesota 232
Kansas 196
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.

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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