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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

7 Colleges
$24,895 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree 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 Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. This report analyzed 7 schools in the United States to see which ones offered the best value doctor's degree programs for consumer science 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 General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Colleges.

Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Family & Consumer Sciences

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the United States. BYU is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

BYU graduate students pay an average of $7,700 in tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Out of the 7 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. K -State is a very large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at K -State are $23,949 per year.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means University of Missouri - Columbia is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Mizzou is a very large public school located in the midsize city of Columbia.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 a year.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means University of Wisconsin - Madison is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. UW - Madison is a very large public school located in the large city of Madison.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UW - Madison are $25,501 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, UW - Madison is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools list.

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A rank of #5 on this year’s list means Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. OSU is a very large public school located in the town of Stillwater.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at OSU are $24,175 per year.

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#6

Florida State University

Tallahassee, FL

With a ranking of #6, Florida State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for general family and consumer sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. Located in the city of Tallahassee, Florida State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Florida State are $26,707 per year.

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools list. UNM is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

UNM graduate students pay an average of $20,487 in tuition and fees each year.

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General Family & Consumer Sciences by Region

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

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 7 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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