2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 1,385 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.

Across the Middle Atlantic region, there were 225 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,944 and $116,843 respectively.

Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and community services 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 family and community services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

More Ways to Rank Family & Community Services Schools

The family and community services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k”.

In addition to our rankings, you can take two colleges and compare them based on the criteria that matters most to you in our unique tool, College Combat. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.

Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region doctor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in College Park, Maryland, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

UMCP not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at UMCP

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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