2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 35 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” 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.

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. 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 New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region master’s degree human development and family studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region

#1

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island

#1 in overall quality

$29,082 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Rhode Island. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 23 masters’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at URI are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full URI General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2

University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

Durham, New Hampshire

#2 in overall quality

$29,970 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 8 masters’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our new england region master’s degree human development and family studies students list, UNH has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970.

Read more about General Human Development & Family Studies at University of New Hampshire - Main Campus

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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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