2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Advocacy & Policy

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s” ranking.

Child Advocacy & Policy is the 685th most popular major in the country with 486 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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.

This year’s “Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in child advocacy and policy. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent child advocacy and policy programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child Advocacy & Policy

#1

University of Washington - Seattle Campus

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$30,294 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Washington - Seattle Campus is a large public school situated in Seattle, Washington. It awarded 49 masters’s child advocacy degrees in 2019-2020.

UW Seattle did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Child Advocacy & Policy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Washington - Seattle Campus are $30,294.

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#2

Nova Southeastern University

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

#2 in overall quality

$22,242 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Nova Southeastern University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Child Advocacy Schools for a Master’s list. Nova Southeastern University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 32 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

NUS Florida not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Child Advocacy & Policy Master’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Nova Southeastern University are $22,242.

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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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