2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Schools for an Associate in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Human Development & Family Studies is the 41st most popular major in the country with 41,651 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, human development and family studies graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $27,032 and had an average of $24,110 in loans still to pay off.

Across Arkansas, there were 326 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,750 and $29,620 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 47 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,815 and $15,092 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality 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 human development and family studies 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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The human development school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k”.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College

North Little Rock, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$11,424 Average Net Price

$16,015 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for an Associate in Arkansas For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in North Little Rock, Arkansas, and it awarded 9 associates’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UA Pulaski Tech, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Associate Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Arkansas - Pulaski Technical College is $11,424 for Arkansas Associate Degree Human Development students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at UA Pulaski Tech

• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $30-$48k)

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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