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2022 Best Value Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Minnesota

1 Ranked Colleges
61 Degrees Awarded
$18,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking.

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 Minnesota, there were 61 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,200 and $27,000 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family and consumer sciences programs and cost less that 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 in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for minnesota consumer science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 1 Best Value Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in Minnesota

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Minnesota For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Minnesota State University - Mankato landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Mankato, Minnesota, and it awarded 60 ’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Minnesota State Mankato also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Minnesota” ranking. It costs about $18,312 for Minnesota Consumer Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Minnesota State Mankato.

The low student loan default rate of 4.4% 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%.

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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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