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2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
379 Degrees Awarded
$13,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor's in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

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 Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,585 and had an average of $25,171 in loans still to pay off.

Across Texas, there were 427 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,417 and $32,642 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 379 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k

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

Top 7 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Texas

#1

Texas Tech University

Lubbock, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. Texas Tech University is a large public school situated in Lubbock, Texas. It awarded 232 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our texas bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $0-$30k list, Texas Tech has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $12,317 for texas bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.

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#6 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. Texas Woman’s University is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

TWU also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $6,706 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend TWU.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas Woman’s University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. SFASU is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 102 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

SFASU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. It costs about $8,650 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend SFASU.

Full SFASU General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Texas at Austin. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k. The University of Texas at Austin is located in Austin, Texas and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

UT Austin not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list. The yearly cost to attend UT Austin is $12,203 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full The University of Texas at Austin General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#5

Sam Houston State University

Huntsville, Texas

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Sam Houston State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k list. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 15 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SHSU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SHSU is $10,561 for texas bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Full Sam Houston State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#6

Texas Southern University

Houston, Texas

Texas Southern University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #6. TSU is located in Houston, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

TSU also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #7. It costs about $19,390 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Texas Southern University.

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#7

Baylor University

Waco, Texas
#3 in overall quality

Baylor University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Texas For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baylor University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 4 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Baylor, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Texas” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Baylor University is $26,726 for Texas Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $0-$30k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full Baylor University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

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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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