2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $30-$48k) in California

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Child Development is the 238th most popular major in the country with 4,209 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across California, there were 427 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 27 child development graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great child development programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the child development 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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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k” list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree child development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $30-$48k) in California

#1

University of La Verne

La Verne, California

#1 in overall quality

$14,526 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Child development Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of La Verne landed the #1 spot on the list. La Verne, California is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s child development degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

ULV also took the #1 spot in our “Best Child Development Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of La Verne are $14,526.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Child development (Income $30-$48k)

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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