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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 119 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,640 and $23,488 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 6 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students with aid.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region (With Aid)

#1

Queens College

Queens, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens College landed the #1 spot on the list. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 49 students in 2019-2020.

QC also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for QC is $3,067 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oneonta. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SUNY Oneonta, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. It costs about $17,470 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students with aid per year to attend SUNY Oneonta.

The low student loan default rate of 3.1% 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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#3

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Montclair State is located in Montclair, New Jersey and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Montclair State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Montclair State University is $18,034 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students with aid.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #4 spot on the list. UMES is a public institution located in Princess Anne, Maryland. The school has a small population, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

UMES not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore is $16,980 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students with aid.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

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#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Morgan State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid. Baltimore, Maryland is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 18 students in 2019-2020.

Morgan State also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #6. It costs about $17,619 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students with aid per year to attend Morgan State University.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school awarded 3 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

IUP also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $22,448 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students with aid per year to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus.

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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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