2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 22 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family and community services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family and community services programs that also have a lower cost than 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.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree family and community services students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (With Aid)

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$30,885 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Doctorate For Those Getting Aid 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMCP are $30,885, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family & Community Services at University of Maryland - College Park

#2

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Capella University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private for-profit school handed out doctorate’s family and community services degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767.

Read more about Family & Community Services at Capella University

#3

Clemson University

Clemson, South Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$23,246 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Doctorate For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Clemson, South Carolina, and it awarded 10 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

Clemson also made our “Best Family & Community Services Doctor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Clemson University are $23,246, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family & Community Services at Clemson

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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