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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Kansas, there were 259 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,850 and $30,336 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 55 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,499 and $30,950 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent human development and family studies programs, but they also 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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

The colleges and universities below are the best for kansas master’s degree human development students whose families make $48-$75k.

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

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#1 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,870 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this large public school handed out 35 degrees to qualified masters’s human development students in 2019-2020.

K -State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Human Development & Family Studies at Kansas State University

#2

Wichita State University

Wichita, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$15,112 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$38,289 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Wichita State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Human Development Schools for a Master’s in Kansas For Those Making $48-$75k list. Wichita, Kansas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s human development degrees to 20 students in 2019-2020.

WSU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Master’s Degree Schools in Kansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at WSU are $15,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Wichita State University Human Development & Family Studies Report

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