2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Washington

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Washington, there were 585 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,200 and $20,736 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 6 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great human development and family studies programs and cost less that 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 human development and family studies program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Washington State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Pullman, Washington, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Wazzu are $27,561, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wazzu Human Development & Family Studies Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $48-$75k)

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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