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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Mississippi

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,220 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$20,231 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 40 degrees and certificates were awarded to family, consumer and human sciences students who went to a Mississippi college or university. This makes it the #19 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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 Schools in Mississippi ranking.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges.

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences School

#1

Mississippi State University

Mississippi State, MS
$9,220 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Mississippi State University the best value school in Mississippi for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the town of Mississippi State, Mississippi State is a public college with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Mississippi State are $9,220 a year.

Mississippi State also took the #2 spot in our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Mississippi rankings.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Mississippi State University

Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Florida 119
North Carolina 131
Virginia 39
Tennessee 84
Georgia 135
West Virginia 1
Louisiana 3
South Carolina 79
Kentucky 23
Arkansas 58
Alabama 293

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 values are for the top school 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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