2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 41,651 people earned their degree in human development and family studies, making the major the 41st most popular in the United States. 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 Tennessee, there were 498 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,033 and $28,778 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 58 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in human development and family studies. 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the human development and family studies program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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

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

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income $48-$75k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$29,685 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vanderbilt University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k. This fairly large school is located in Nashville, Tennessee, and it awarded 21 masters’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also made our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt are $50,624, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$40,419 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville landed the #2 spot on the list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a public institution located in Knoxville, Tennessee. The school has a large population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Knoxville did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at UT Knoxville

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