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2021 Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

5 Colleges
755 Bachelor's Degrees
$34,600 Avg Cost*

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Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

This year's Best Human Development & Family Studies Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer a bachelor's in human development. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human development & family studies programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the human development & family studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for non-traditional students studying human development.

Best Human Development & Family Studies Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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University of Connecticut tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional human development & family studies students. UCONN is a very large public school located in the large suburb of Storrs. As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at UCONN is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. About 3,257 of the students at UCONN are attending part time.

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University of Rhode Island earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. URI is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Kingston. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, URI has also earned the #3 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.5%. There are approximately 5,504 students at URI that take at least one class online. 2,982 of URI students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize University of New Hampshire - Main Campus as the #3 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Durham, UNH is a public college with a large student population. UNH not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.0%. There are approximately 3,625 students at UNH that take at least one class online. About 1,355 of the students at UNH are attending part time.

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University of Maine comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. Located in the suburb of Orono, UMaine is a public school with a fairly large student population. UMaine also took the #5 spot in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 5,820 students take at least one class online at UMaine. 3,614 students are part time.

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Post University
Waterbury, CT

Post University earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Waterbury, Post University is a private for-profit school with a large student population. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, Post University has also earned the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 5.2%. 13,026 of Post University students are exclusively distance learners. There are roughly 8,163 part time students in attendance at Post University.

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Best for Non-Traditional Students Human Development & Family Studies Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students human development & family studies schools for a specific state in the New England region.

State Degrees Awarded
Massachusetts 192
Connecticut 277
New Hampshire 84
Rhode Island 124
Maine 47
Vermont 23

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