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

8 Ranked Colleges
159 Degrees Awarded
$18,200 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master's in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 159 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree human development and family studies students with aid.

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in the Plains States Region (With Aid)

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Iowa State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Iowa State General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Nebraska - Lincoln landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Lincoln, Nebraska, and it awarded 45 masters’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree human development and family studies students with aid list, UNL has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNL are $19,513.

Full University of Nebraska - Lincoln General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development and family studies degrees to 19 students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Mizzou General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Fargo, North Dakota, and it awarded 7 masters’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree human development and family studies students with aid list, North Dakota State University has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at North Dakota State University are $11,589.

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#5

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. K -State is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 34 masters’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full K -State General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#6

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri
#7 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, University of Central Missouri did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Warrensburg, Missouri, this medium-sized public school handed out 13 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our plains states region master’s degree human development and family studies students with aid list, UCM has also earned the #7 rank in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UCM are $16,394.

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#7

Concordia University, Saint Paul

Saint Paul, Minnesota
#6 in overall quality

Concordia University, Saint Paul did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking, coming in at #7. Located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school handed out 25 diplomas to qualified masters’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

Concordia University, Saint Paul not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Concordia University, Saint Paul are $8,550, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#5 in overall quality

Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Getting Aid ranking. Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota is located in Winona, Minnesota and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 15 masters’s human development and family studies degrees to qualified students.

SMU MN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at SMU MN are $10,260, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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