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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in District of Columbia

2 Ranked Colleges
34 Degrees Awarded
$31,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor's in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Development & Family Studies is the 41st most popular major in the country with 41,651 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across District of Columbia, there were 34 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,600 and $23,813 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 34 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $44,446 and $25,767 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human development and family studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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 human development and family studies program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree human development students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in District of Columbia

#1

University of the District of Columbia

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of the District of Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k list. University of the District of Columbia is located in Washington, District of Columbia and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 29 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.

University of the District of Columbia not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of the District of Columbia is $18,987 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Full University of the District of Columbia Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2

Howard University

Washington, District of Columbia

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Howard University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in District of Columbia For Those Making $75-$110k list. Howard University is a fairly large school located in Washington, District of Columbia that handed out 5 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our district of columbia bachelor’s degree human development students whose families make $75-$110k list, Howard has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in District of Columbia” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Howard is $44,482 for District of Columbia Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 90%, 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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