2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 the Far Western US region, there were 925 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $59,319 and $48,880 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region” ranking, we looked at 2 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The family studies school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region”.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree family studies students.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Far Western US Region

#1

California State University - Northridge

Northridge, California

#2 in overall quality

$17,955 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region list. California State University - Northridge is a large school located in Northridge, California that handed out 5 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUN did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUN are $17,955, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at California State University - Northridge

#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Central Washington University landed the #2 spot on the list. CWU is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 13 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Central Washington University are $24,976, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

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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