2022 Best Value Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in Washington (With Aid)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Human Development and Family Studies Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

Across Washington, there were 217 general human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

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 in Washington For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies in Washington (With Aid)

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$16,358 Average Net Price

$49,622 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school handed out 208 diplomas to qualified ’s human development and family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington” ranking. It costs about $16,358 for Washington Human Development and Family Studies students with aid per year to attend Wazzu.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Wazzu General Human Development & Family Studies Report

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$26,505 Average Net Price

$51,858 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development and Family Studies Schools in Washington For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. SPU is a small school located in Seattle, Washington that handed out 9 ’s human development and family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Human Development & Family Studies Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $26,505 for Washington Human Development and Family Studies students with aid per year to attend Seattle Pacific University.

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%.

Full Seattle Pacific University General Human Development & Family Studies Report

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• Best Value Colleges for General Human Development & Family Studies (With Aid)

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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