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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in California

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,174 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,400 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

With 11 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general family and consumer sciences is the #220 most popular major in California.

There are lots of options to pick from today when trying to decide which program is right for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

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 in California ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in California to see which ones offered the best value programs for consumer science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in California

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

Best California Schools for Affordable Quality in General Family & Consumer Sciences

#1

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA
$7,304 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found San Francisco State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in California. SFSU is a very large public school located in the large city of San Francisco.

SFSU undergraduate students pay an average of $7,304 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at San Francisco State University Report

$7,043 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in California list. CSUN is a very large public school located in the large city of Northridge.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at CSUN are $7,043 per year.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at California State University - Northridge

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State Degrees Awarded
Washington 13

General Family & Consumer Sciences 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
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 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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