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2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,384 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

With 3 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family and consumer economics is the #77 most popular major in South Dakota.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

The Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota ranking is one of many tools that Grad Degree Search has developed to help you make your educational decision.

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.

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

Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate School

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for family and consumer economics students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in South Dakota. South Dakota State is a large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

South Dakota State graduate students pay an average of $9,384 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

South Dakota State did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in South Dakota list.

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Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 11
Kansas 30
Nebraska 1

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 values are for the top school 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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