2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,072 people earned their degree in general human development and family studies, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States.

Across Virginia, there were 305 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in Virginia

#1

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #1 spot on the list. Blacksburg, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s human development and family studies degrees to 7 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Virginia Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Virginia Tech 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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