2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics in the Plains States Region
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Family & Consumer Economics is the 202nd most popular major in the country with 1,530 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, family and consumer economics graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $35,290 and had an average of $24,968 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Plains States region, there were 439 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $34,020 and $23,026 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 371 family and consumer economics graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in family and consumer economics. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and consumer economics programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the family and consumer economics program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region.
Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Economics in the Plains States Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State University is a public institution located in Brookings, South Dakota. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
South Dakota State also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for South Dakota State is $19,252 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State University is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 16 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.
Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students per year to attend Iowa State.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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 Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Kearney, Nebraska is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 45 students in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNK, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $16,017 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students per year to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 55 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees in 2019-2020.
Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. It costs about $16,001 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students per year to attend University of Missouri - Columbia.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Lincoln, Nebraska is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to 163 students in 2019-2020.
UNL also took the #4 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. It costs about $17,208 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students per year to attend UNL.
The low student loan default rate of 4.2% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Consumer Economics Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is located in Minneapolis, Minnesota and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 74 bachelors’s consumer economics degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our plains states region bachelor’s degree consumer economics students list, UMN Twin Cities has also earned the #2 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Economics Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UMN Twin Cities is $17,740 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Economics students.
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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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%.
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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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