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2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

6 Ranked Colleges
516 Degrees Awarded
$23,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking - to help you make that decision.

General Human Development & Family Studies is the 78th most popular major in the country with 10,072 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

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 Getting Aid” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general human development and family studies programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general human development and family studies program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in the New England Region (With Aid)

#1

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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #1 spot on the list. Kingston, Rhode Island is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to 124 students in 2019-2020.

URI did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Rhode Island is $20,607 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid.

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%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Connecticut. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. This large school is located in Storrs, Connecticut, and it awarded 182 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Connecticut is $22,012 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, 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 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Connecticut General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#3

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#5 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 Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maine landed the #3 spot on the list. UMaine is a public institution located in Orono, Maine. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMaine is $17,558 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#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 #4 for the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid. This fairly large school is located in Durham, New Hampshire, and it awarded 71 bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNH, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of New Hampshire - Main Campus is $24,067 for New England Region Bachelor’s Degree Human Development and Family Studies students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Full University of New Hampshire - Main Campus General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#5

Rivier University

Nashua, New Hampshire
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Rivier University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. Rivier is a private not-for-profit institution located in Nashua, New Hampshire. The school has a small population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Rivier did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #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 is $25,196 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid.

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#6

Connecticut College

New London, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Connecticut College did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the New England Region For Those Getting Aid list. New London, Connecticut is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s human development and family studies degrees to 15 students 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 $32,626 for new england region bachelor’s degree human development and family studies students with aid per year to attend Connecticut College.

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 low student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 87%.

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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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