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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

30 Colleges
$26,402 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$42,243 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

In 2020-2021, 3,692 people earned a degree or certificate in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the #27 most popular in the United States.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Grad Degree Search has created its Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools ranking. Our analysis looked at 30 schools in the United States to see which graduate certificate programs offered the best value experiences for family, consumer and human sciences 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 Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the United States

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Top 10 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools

#1

Erikson Institute

Chicago, IL

Our analysis found Erikson Institute to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the United States. The Erikson Institute is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Chicago.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at The Erikson Institute are $20,588 per year.

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#2

Clemson University

Clemson, SC

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Clemson University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the suburb of Clemson, Clemson is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Clemson graduate students pay an average of $23,246 in tuition and fees each year.

In addition to its great value ranking, Clemson is in the top 15% of all schools on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list.

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Out of the 30 schools in the United States that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the remote town of Brookings, South Dakota State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 per year.

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#4

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, TX

The excellent graduate certificate programs at Texas Tech University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best value family, consumer and human sciences schools in the United States. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public school with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Texas Tech are $17,698 per year.

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The excellent graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value family, consumer and human sciences schools in the United States. UNL is a fairly large public school located in the city of Lincoln.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UNL are $19,541 a year.

UNL also claimed a spot on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 5% of all schools in this category.

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#6

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Kansas State University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate family, consumer and human sciences programs. Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

K -State graduate students pay an average of $23,949 in tuition and fees each year.

K -State also claimed a spot on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #7 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate family, consumer and human sciences programs. Located in the town of Stillwater, OSU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

OSU graduate students pay an average of $24,175 in tuition and fees each year.

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#8

Towson University

Towson, MD

Towson University landed the #8 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate family, consumer and human sciences programs. Towson is a very large public school located in the small city of Towson.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Towson are $19,890 a year.

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Iowa State University ranked #9 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools list. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 per year.

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University of North Alabama landed the #10 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best value graduate certificate family, consumer and human sciences programs. Located in the small city of Florence, UNA is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at UNA are $13,860 per year.

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Family, Consumer & Human Sciences by Region

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New England
Rocky Mountains
Plains States
Middle Atlantic
Far Western US
Southwest
Great Lakes

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Majors to Study

Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 1,589
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 1,214
General Family & Consumer Sciences 368
Family & Consumer Economics 251
Textile & Apparel Studies 150
Human Sciences Business Services 58
Housing 54
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) 8

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 199,724
Psychology 42,013
Social Sciences 22,292
Communication & Journalism 12,242
Library Science 5,929

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 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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