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2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
1,437 Degrees Awarded
$17,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 41,651 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,746 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,888 and $15,767 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,437 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent 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 human development and family studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

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

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. BYU is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 300 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $15,362 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Brigham Young University - Provo.

The low student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Brigham Young University - Provo

#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #2 spot on the list. U of U is a public institution located in Salt Lake City, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 63 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Utah is $17,718 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k.

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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full U of U Human Development & Family Studies Report

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Colorado State is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 296 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $24,440 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Colorado State.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Colorado State Human Development & Family Studies Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Weber State University is a large school located in Ogden, Utah that handed out 60 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #6 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend WSU is $15,088 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k.

Full Weber State University Human Development & Family Studies Report

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 23 bachelors’s human development degrees to qualified students.

U of I also took the #4 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Idaho is $17,509 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k.

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With a ranking of #6, Utah State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 151 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $16,895 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Utah State University.

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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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