2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies 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.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which 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 Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in Child Development & Family Studies

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, UT

2 Degrees

#12 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$28,345 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Utah the best value school in the Rocky Mountains Region for human development and family studies students. Located in the medium-sized city of Salt Lake City, U of U is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at U of U are $28,345 per year.

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#2

University of Idaho

Moscow, ID

1 Degrees

#20 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$27,576 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. Located in the town of Moscow, U of I is a public college with a fairly large student population.

U of I undergraduate students pay an average of $27,576 in tuition and fees each year.

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#3

Utah State University

Logan, UT

6 Degrees

#15 in Quality in the Rocky Mountains Region

$23,435 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a very large public school located in the small city of Logan.

USU undergraduate students pay an average of $23,435 in tuition and fees each year.

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

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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.

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Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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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