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2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

4 Colleges
$22,239 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate School for You

Family & Consumer Economics is the #218 most popular major in the country with 251 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. This report analyzed 4 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value graduate certificate programs for consumer economics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

For nationwide and regional rankings, we use out-of-state tuition and fees in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in Family & Consumer Economics

Our 2023 rankings named South Dakota State University the best value school in the United States for family and consumer economics students working on their graduate certificate. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $16,917 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools list. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

K -State also claimed a spot on our Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a great value for family and consumer economics students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public college with a fairly large student population.

UNL graduate students pay an average of $19,541 in tuition and fees each year.

UNL also claimed a spot on our Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for family and consumer economics students working on their graduate certificate. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Mizzou is in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Family & Consumer Economics by Region

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Southeast
New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Family & Consumer Economics is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 1,589
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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