2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York

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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.

Across New York, there were 61 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 61 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,973 and $22,589 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs and cost less that 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 New York

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in New York

#1

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

#1 in overall quality

$17,470 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #1 spot on the list. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized school located in Oneonta, New York that handed out 12 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta 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 New York” list. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Oneonta is $17,470 for new york bachelor’s degree family studies students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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

#2

Queens College

Queens, New York

#2 in overall quality

$3,067 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in New York list. This fairly large school is located in Queens, New York, and it awarded 49 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

QC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in New York” list. The yearly cost to attend QC is $3,067 for new york bachelor’s degree family studies students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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%.

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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