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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region

6 Ranked Colleges
516 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 New England Region” 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 New England region, there were 551 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 516 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general human development and family studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general human development and family studies 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 general human development and family studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. 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 New England Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. URI is a fairly large public school situated in Kingston, Rhode Island. It awarded 124 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for URI is $20,607 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#2

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maine. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region. Located in Orono, Maine, this fairly large public school handed out 77 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

UMaine 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 New England Region” list. It costs about $17,558 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students per year to attend UMaine.

The low student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #3 spot on the list. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school handed out 71 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#4

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #4 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a public institution located in Storrs, Connecticut. The school has a large population, and it awarded 182 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students list, UCONN has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students per year to attend UCONN.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Connecticut General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#5

Rivier University

Nashua, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rivier University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region list. Located in Nashua, New Hampshire, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

Rivier also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #6. The yearly cost to attend Rivier University is $25,196 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students.

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#6

Connecticut College

New London, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

Connecticut College came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region ranking. Connecticut College is a private not-for-profit institution located in New London, Connecticut. The school has a small population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Conn College, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $32,626 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students per year to attend Conn College.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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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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