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2022 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
3 Degrees Awarded
$10,800 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Great Lakes region, there were 197 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,060 and $25,989 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 3 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,508 and $17,812 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region associate degree consumer science students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Great Lakes Region (With Aid)

#1

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate in the Great Lakes Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Vincennes University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Vincennes, Indiana, and it awarded 3 associates’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Vincennes University is $10,845 for great lakes region associate degree consumer science students with aid.

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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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