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

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Virginia, there were 1,218 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,340 and $21,802 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the 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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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 Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in Virginia (With Aid)

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. VCU is a large public school situated in Richmond, Virginia. It awarded 8 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

VCU also took the #0 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at VCU

#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$26,353 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is located in Blacksburg, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 11 masters’s human development degrees to qualified students.

Virginia Tech also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Virginia Tech

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• Best Value Master’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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