2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Utah

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 an Associate in Utah” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Utah, there were 702 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,000 and $15,411 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 45 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 an Associate in Utah” 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the human development and family studies program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Utah.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in Utah

#1

Weber State University

Ogden, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$11,968 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Weber State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Utah list. Ogden, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s human development degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

WSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list. The estimated yearly cost for WSU is $11,968 for Utah Associate Degree Human Development students.

Read full report on Human Development & Family Studies at WSU

#2

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

#2 in overall quality

$14,285 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Utah. This fairly large school is located in Cedar City, Utah, and it awarded 1 associates’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

Southern Utah University also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools in Utah” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Southern Utah University is $14,285 for Utah Associate Degree Human Development students.

Full Southern Utah University Human Development & Family Studies Report

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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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