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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Illinois

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$13,133 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$36,125 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the #125 most popular major in Illinois with 54 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 Illinois ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Illinois 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Illinois

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for consumer science majors pursuing a .

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

$13,968 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Illinois State University the best value school in Illinois for general family and consumer sciences students. Illinois State is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of Normal.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Illinois State are $13,968 per year.

Illinois State also made our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Illinois list, coming in at #5.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Illinois State University Report

#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, IL
$12,297 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Eastern Illinois University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general family and consumer sciences schools in Illinois. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public school with a medium-sized student population.

EIU undergraduate students pay an average of $12,297 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Eastern Illinois University

Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Ohio 0
Wisconsin 26

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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