2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Advocacy & Policy (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 486 people earned their degree in child advocacy and policy, making the major the 685th most popular in the United States.

At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 113 child advocacy and policy graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in child advocacy and policy. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child advocacy and policy programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child advocacy and policy 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for master’s degree child advocacy students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Advocacy & Policy (With Aid)

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. UW Seattle is a public institution located in Seattle, Washington. The school has a large population, and it awarded 49 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle also took the #1 spot in our “Best Child Advocacy & Policy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW Seattle are $30,294, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Child Advocacy & Policy at UW Seattle

#2

Murray State University

Murray, Kentucky

$14,400 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Murray State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid list. Murray State is a medium-sized school located in Murray, Kentucky that handed out 1 masters’s child advocacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Murray State, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Child Advocacy & Policy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Murray State are $14,400, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Child Advocacy & Policy at Murray State

#3

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Nova Southeastern University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s For Those Getting Aid. This large school is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and it awarded 32 masters’s child advocacy degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at NUS Florida, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Child Advocacy & Policy Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at NUS Florida are $22,242.

Full Nova Southeastern University Child Advocacy & Policy Report

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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