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2022 Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid

4 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$17,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor's For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services is the 692nd most popular major in the country with 315 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 306 other family and consumer economics and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree in other family and consumer economics and related services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality other family and consumer economics and related services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the other family and consumer economics and related services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid.

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is a public institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a large population, and it awarded 74 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UMN Twin Cities, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $17,740 for bachelor’s degree other family & consumer economics & related services students with aid.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large public school situated in Lincoln, Nebraska. It awarded 163 bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL also took the #2 spot in our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNL is $17,208 for bachelor’s degree other family & consumer economics & related services students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid. Located in Kearney, Nebraska, this medium-sized public school handed out 45 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services students in 2019-2020.

UNK also took the #3 spot in our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UNK is $16,017 for bachelor’s degree other family & consumer economics & related services students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Getting Aid list. Virginia State University is a public institution located in Petersburg, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 24 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Virginia State University is $16,970 for bachelor’s degree other family & consumer economics & related services students with aid.

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Notes and References

References

  • 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 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).
  • Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

  • *Average salary, average net price, and average tuition and fees are for the top schools only.
  • Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

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