2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in Maryland (With Aid)

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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 Maryland, there were 184 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family and community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services programs and 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in Maryland (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$19,045 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid list. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 145 bachelors’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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The estimated yearly cost for UMCP is $19,045 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Family & Community Services at UMCP

#2

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$27,142 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevenson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Stevenson, Maryland is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s family and community services degrees to 27 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Stevenson, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Stevenson University is $27,142 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students with aid.

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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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