2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree School for You
Human Development & Family Studies is the #111 most popular major in the country with 1,589 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States 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. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
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2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Doctor's Degree Colleges.
Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Child Development & Family Studies
Our 2023 rankings named Capella University the best value school in the Plains States Region for human development and family studies students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the large city of Minneapolis, Capella University is a private for-profit college with a very large student population.
Capella University graduate students pay an average of $14,784 in tuition and fees each year.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.
Iowa State excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.
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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 |
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Missouri | 65 |
Minnesota | 57 |
Iowa | 22 |
Kansas | 47 |
Nebraska | 55 |
North Dakota | 7 |
South Dakota | 0 |
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Human Development & Family Studies Related Majors for Human Development
One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.
Most Popular Majors Related to Human Development
Related Major | Annual Graduates |
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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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