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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Massachusetts

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$61,408 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,661 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

With 35 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, human development and family studies is the #151 most popular major in Massachusetts.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Grad Degree Search has created the Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Massachusetts to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Massachusetts to see which ones offered the best value 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 Schools in Massachusetts

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

Best Massachusetts Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Family Studies

#1

Tufts University

Medford, MA
$63,000 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Tufts University the best value school in Massachusetts for human development and family studies students. Tufts is a large private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Medford.

Tufts undergraduate students pay an average of $63,000 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Tufts also made our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Massachusetts list, coming in at #3.

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#2

Boston University

Boston, MA
$59,816 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Boston University is a great value for human development and family studies students. Located in the large city of Boston, Boston U is a private not-for-profit college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Boston U are $59,816 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Boston U also is in the top 15% of our Best Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Massachusetts ranking.

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

Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
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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