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2023 Best Value Child Development & Family Studies Schools in Missouri

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$9,616 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,260 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Human Development & Family Studies School for You

Human Development & Family Studies is the #69 most popular major in Missouri with 65 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

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 Missouri ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Missouri 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.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Missouri

Check out the human development programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

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

$8,294 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Missouri State University - Springfield to be the best value school for human development and family studies students who want to pursue a degree in Missouri. Missouri State is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Springfield.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Missouri State are $8,294 per year.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at Missouri State University - Springfield Report

$9,078 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Central Missouri helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Missouri. Located in the town of Warrensburg, UCM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCM are $9,078 per year.

Full Human Development & Family Studies at University of Central Missouri Report

$11,475 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best human development and family studies schools in Missouri. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $11,475 per year.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, Mizzou is ranked #4 for overall quality for human development in Missouri.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at University of Missouri - Columbia

Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Human Development & Family Studies Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Minnesota 57
Iowa 22
Kansas 47
Nebraska 55
North Dakota 7
South Dakota 0

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

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 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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