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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate

5 Ranked Colleges
45 Degrees Awarded
$22,900 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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

At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 45 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,680 and $116,043 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate.

Top 6 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

#6 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Provo, Utah, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate list. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 6 doctorate’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our doctor’s degree family studies students list, K -State has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at K -State are $24,115.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #3 spot on the list. University of Missouri - Columbia is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 doctorate’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

Mizzou not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

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#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a large public school situated in Stillwater, Oklahoma. It awarded 5 doctorate’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

OSU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus are $23,963.

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#5

Florida State University

Tallahassee, Florida
#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Florida State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Tallahassee, Florida, this large public school awarded 6 degrees to qualified doctorate’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

Florida State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Doctor’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Florida State are $26,707, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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