2022 Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 4,209 people earned their degree in child development, making the major the 238th most popular in the United States.

Across the Far Western US region, there were 761 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child development programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the child development program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree child development students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Development in the Far Western US Region

#1

University of La Verne

La Verne, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,526 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child Development Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of La Verne landed the #1 spot on the list. ULV is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in La Verne, California. It awarded 27 masters’s child development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at ULV, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at ULV are $14,526.

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Notes and References

References

• 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 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).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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