2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,385 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and community services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and community services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family and community services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services

#1

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 8 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Capella University Family & Community Services Report

#2

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate list. Clemson is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 10 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family & Community Services at Clemson

#3

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 4 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree family and community services students list, UMCP has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Maryland - College Park are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Family & Community Services Report

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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