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2022 Best Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

2 Ranked Colleges
9 Degrees Awarded
$25,300 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

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 Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 1,746 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,888 and $15,767 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,140 and $97,138 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in human development and family studies. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality human development and family studies programs that also have a lower cost than 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree human development students whose families make more than $110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 7 doctorate’s human development degrees in 2019-2020.

USU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Vallue Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a public institution located in Fort Collins, Colorado. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Human Development & Family Studies Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State are $28,055.

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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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