2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. 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 the Plains States region, there were 242 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,800 and $21,509 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 22 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

More Ways to Rank General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools

Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree consumer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$25,948 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Iowa State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 22 diplomas to qualified masters’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Iowa State University are $25,948, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full Iowa State General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

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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