Find Schools

Study Area & Zipcode

Human Development & Family Studies

Find Schools Near

2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

5 Ranked Colleges
569 Degrees Awarded
$25,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor's in New York

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 New York” 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 New York, there were 913 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,760 and $16,566 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 569 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking, we looked at 5 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in New York

#1

Binghamton University

Vestal, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Binghamton University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Located in Vestal, New York, this fairly large public school handed out 144 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development students in 2019-2020.

Binghamton University also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Binghamton University is $19,353 for new york bachelor’s degree human development students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Binghamton University

#2

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Oneonta. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 40 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Oneonta is $17,470 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at SUNY Oneonta

#3

SUNY Plattsburgh

Plattsburgh, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Plattsburgh. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. Plattsburgh, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human development degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Plattsburgh did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Plattsburgh is $15,845 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at SUNY Plattsburgh

#4

Syracuse University

Syracuse, New York

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, Syracuse University landed the #4 spot on the list. Syracuse is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Syracuse, New York. It awarded 52 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Syracuse, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $34,482 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students per year to attend Syracuse.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Syracuse University Human Development & Family Studies Report

#5

Cornell University

Ithaca, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Cornell University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York. Cornell is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Ithaca, New York. It awarded 69 bachelors’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

Cornell also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” ranking. It costs about $40,126 for New York Bachelor’s Degree Human Development students per year to attend Cornell University.

Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors. The low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 96%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Cornell

Switch to a Different Ranking Method

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.

Credits

  • Credit for the banner image above goes to Jsonin.

Featured Child Development Schools

Find Schools Near You