2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You
In 2020-2021, 368 people earned a degree or certificate in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the #199 most popular in the United States.
There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.
To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 24 schools in the United States to see which programs offered the best value experiences for consumer science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.
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.
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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the United States
Check out the consumer science programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.
Top 10 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools
Our analysis found Illinois State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the United States. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public college with a very large student population.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois State are $24,172 per year.
Illinois State also claimed a spot on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at BYU are $6,120 a year.
BYU also claimed a spot on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.
The excellent programs at Kansas State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general family and consumer sciences schools in the United States. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.
K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $26,491 in tuition and fees each year.
In addition to its great value ranking, K -State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list.
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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the small city of Ames.
Iowa State undergraduate students pay an average of $25,446 in tuition and fees each year.
On top of its placing in our value ranking, Iowa State also did well on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.
Out of the 24 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the # 5 spot on the list. UCA is a large public school located in the small city of Conway.
Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UCA are $16,433 per year.
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San Francisco State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general family and consumer sciences programs. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.
SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $19,184 in tuition and fees each year.
Stephen F Austin State University landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value general family and consumer sciences programs. SFASU is a large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches.
SFASU undergraduate students pay an average of $21,616 in tuition and fees each year.
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Central Washington University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools ranking. Located in the distant town of Ellensburg, CWU is a public school with a large student population.
CWU undergraduate students pay an average of $25,213 in tuition and fees each year.
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Texas Southern University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list. Located in the large city of Houston, TSU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at TSU are $21,413 a year.
University of Missouri - Columbia did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best value schools for general family and consumer sciences students. It came in at #10 on the list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.
Mizzou undergraduate students pay an average of $30,450 in tuition and fees each year.
Mizzou excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 20% of all schools on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools list.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Missouri - Columbia
General Family & Consumer Sciences by Region
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General Family & Consumer Sciences Related Majors for Consumer Science
One of 7 majors within the area of study, general family and consumer sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
Majors Similar to Consumer Science
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Development & Family Studies | 1,589 |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 1,214 |
| Family & Consumer Economics | 251 |
| Textile & Apparel Studies | 150 |
| Human Sciences Business Services | 58 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 24 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).
- Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.
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