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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

2 Ranked Colleges
7 Degrees Awarded
$14,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 180th most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Washington, there were 20 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k) in Washington

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k. CWU is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 5 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Central Washington University is $9,875 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at CWU

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $19,900 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SPU.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Seattle Pacific University

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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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