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Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$48,727 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, human development and family studies was ranked #111 in the country. In fact 1,589 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.

The Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the New England Region to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for human development students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best New England Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Child Development & Family Studies

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA

Our analysis found Tufts University to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the New England Region . Tufts is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Tufts graduate students pay an average of $55,216 in tuition and fees each year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Tufts also is in the top 15% of our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region ranking.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Tufts University

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region list. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UCONN are $42,237 a year.

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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 New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 35
Connecticut 12
Rhode Island 16
New Hampshire 10
Maine 10

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

Related Major Annual Graduates
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

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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