2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for an Associate

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In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for an Associate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences/human sciences 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 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for an Associate

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree family studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

#1

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, California

#1 in overall quality

$10,599 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Joaquin Delta College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for an Associate. San Joaquin Delta College is a fairly large public school situated in Stockton, California. It awarded 8 associates’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Delta, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend San Joaquin Delta College is $10,599 for associate degree family studies students.

Full San Joaquin Delta College Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

#2

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$10,845 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vincennes University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for an Associate. Vincennes University is a fairly large school located in Vincennes, Indiana that handed out 3 associates’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Vincennes University is $10,845 for associate degree family studies students.

Full Vincennes University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

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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