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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$27,462 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$30,604 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the #199 most popular major in the country with 368 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 the Plains States Region ranking. This report analyzed 3 schools in the Plains States Region 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.

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 the Plains States Region

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

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality in General Family & Consumer Sciences

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$26,491 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Manhattan.

K -State undergraduate students pay an average of $26,491 in tuition and fees each year.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Kansas State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Iowa State University is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $25,446 per year.

Iowa State also claimed a spot on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Plains States Region list. Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Mizzou are $30,450 per year.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Missouri - Columbia

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general family and consumer sciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 8
Minnesota 0
Iowa 15
Kansas 13

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 3 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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