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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,483 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,243 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 51 degrees and certificates were awarded to human development and family studies students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #63 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama to see which graduate 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.

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. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama

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

Best Alabama Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Child Development & Family Studies

Our analysis found University of North Alabama to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in Alabama. UNA is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Florence.

UNA graduate students pay an average of $7,140 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Auburn University

Auburn, AL

Out of the 2 schools in Alabama that were part of this year’s ranking, Auburn University landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Auburn, Auburn is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at Auburn are $11,826 a year.

Auburn did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Child Development & Family Studies Graduate Certificate Schools in Alabama list.

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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
Virginia 29
Florida 91
Georgia 27
North Carolina 49
Tennessee 71
Kentucky 14
Louisiana 3
South Carolina 64
Mississippi 18
Arkansas 35

One of 7 majors within the area of study, human development and family studies has other similar majors worth exploring.

Majors Similar to Human Development

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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