2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in Washington (With Aid)

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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 Washington, there were 585 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,200 and $20,736 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 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 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s human development students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at Wazzu

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the Far Western US Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (With Aid)

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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