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2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

7 Ranked Colleges
419 Degrees Awarded
$17,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across the Plains States region, there were 595 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 419 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 7 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general human development and family studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid.

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Dakota State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. North Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Fargo, North Dakota that handed out 121 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North Dakota State University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus is $16,584 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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 full report on General Human Development & Family Studies at North Dakota State University

#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 47 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,001 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid per year to attend Mizzou.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Mizzou General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#3

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 66 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Human Development & Family Studies at South Dakota State

#4

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Kansas State University is located in Manhattan, Kansas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 107 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

K -State also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #4. It costs about $18,285 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid per year to attend Kansas State University.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

Full Kansas State University General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#5

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Concordia University, Saint Paul landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #5 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Concordia University, Saint Paul is $16,245 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid.

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#6 in overall quality

Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Missouri State is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

Missouri State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Missouri State is $16,725 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid.

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#7

North Central University

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#7 in overall quality

North Central University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. This small school is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North Central University also took the #7 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Central University is $21,142 for plains states region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%.

Full North Central University General Human Development & Family Studies Report

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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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