2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Human Development & Family Studies is the 78th most popular major in the country with 10,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 249 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general human development and family studies. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general human development and family studies programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree human development and family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Central New Mexico Community College

Albuquerque, New Mexico

#2 in overall quality

$2,604 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central New Mexico Community College. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. Central New Mexico Community College is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 67 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CNM, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Central New Mexico Community College is $2,604 for associate degree human development and family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about General Human Development & Family Studies at CNM

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$15,285 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 5 associates’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend South Dakota State is $15,285 for associate degree human development and family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.8% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

Read more about General Human Development & Family Studies at South Dakota State

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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