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2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

6 Ranked Colleges
516 Degrees Awarded
$16,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 10,072 people earned their degree in general human development and family studies, making the major the 78th most popular in the United States.

Across the New England region, there were 551 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 516 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,041 and $24,492 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general human development and family studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general human development and family studies 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 general human development and family studies 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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Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the New England Region

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school handed out 182 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

UCONN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. It costs about $14,157 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend University of Connecticut.

The low student loan default rate of 2.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%.

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#2

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #2 spot on the list. URI is a public institution located in Kingston, Rhode Island. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 124 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend URI is $15,509 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3

Connecticut College

New London, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Connecticut College. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Connecticut College is a small school located in New London, Connecticut that handed out 15 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Conn College also took the #4 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. It costs about $13,877 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Conn College.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This fairly large school is located in Orono, Maine, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maine is $14,458 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Maine General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Hampshire - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k. Located in Durham, New Hampshire, this fairly large public school awarded 71 degrees to qualified bachelors’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

UNH also made our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $18,826 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#6

Rivier University

Nashua, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

Rivier University landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. This small school is located in Nashua, New Hampshire, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Rivier not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #6 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for Rivier University is $19,227 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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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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