2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate 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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States
The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.
Best Schools for Affordable Quality for a Postbaccalaureate Certificates in General Family & Consumer Sciences
Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.
The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.
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A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the large city of Lexington, UK is a public school with a fairly large student population.
UK graduate students pay an average of $33,548 in tuition and fees each year.
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 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).
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