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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Alabama

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$10,822 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,174 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 102 degrees and certificates were awarded to general family and consumer sciences students who went to a Alabama college or university. This makes it the #38 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Alabama ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Alabama 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. 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.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Alabama

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

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

#1

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL
$11,620 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named The University of Alabama the best value school in Alabama for general family and consumer sciences students. UA is a very large public school located in the city of Tuscaloosa.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UA are $11,620 a year.

UA also took the #4 spot in our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Alabama rankings.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at The University of Alabama Report

$10,024 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Alabama A & M University is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students. AAMU is a medium-sized public school located in the midsize city of Normal.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at AAMU are $10,024 per year.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Alabama A & M University Report

Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 5
North Carolina 30
Tennessee 10
Kentucky 2
Mississippi 0
Arkansas 11

One of 7 majors within the area of study, general family and consumer sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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