2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in West Virginia

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

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

With 1 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family, consumer and human sciences is the #30 most popular major in West Virginia.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. As online education oppotunities continue to grow, you're not restricted to just schools in your local area anymore. Even some of the 'big name' schools are offering online courses. Also, there are a number of trade schools with offerings that you might find attractive.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Grad Degree Search has developed this Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in West Virginia ranking.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. 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

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
Mississippi	40
Florida	119
Virginia	39
Tennessee	84
North Carolina	131
Georgia	135
South Carolina	79
Louisiana	3
Kentucky	23
Arkansas	58
Alabama	293

Majors Related to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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

Majors Similar to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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.