2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in Utah

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Utah” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Utah, there were 702 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $22,000 and $15,411 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 human development and family studies graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

One Size Does Not Fit All

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Utah” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Utah

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Utah.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Human Development & Family Studies in Utah

#1

Utah State University

Logan, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$22,598 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Human Development Schools for a Doctorate in Utah that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Logan, Utah, and it awarded 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 Utah” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full USU Human Development & Family Studies Report

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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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