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2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 341 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,033 and $19,347 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer 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 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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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree consumer science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. UW is located in Laramie, Wyoming and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

UW also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wyoming are $16,615, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Wyoming General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. BYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 9 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at BYU are $7,510.

Full BYU General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Idaho. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k. U of I is located in Moscow, Idaho and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Idaho

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Utah State University landed the #4 spot on the list. USU is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 1 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at USU, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Utah State University

#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. MSU Bozeman is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 8 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Montana State University

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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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