2022 Best Value Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Tennessee (With Aid)

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. 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 Tennessee, there were 110 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $20,038 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 3 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for tennessee consumer science students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Tennessee (With Aid)

#1

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$15,929 Average Net Price

$40,270 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tennessee Technological University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid. Tennessee Technological University is a fairly large school located in Cookeville, Tennessee that handed out 64 ’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Tennessee Tech University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Tennessee” list. It costs about $15,929 for Tennessee Consumer Science students with aid per year to attend Tennessee Technological University.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

The University of Tennessee - Martin

Martin, Tennessee

#3 in overall quality

$10,955 Average Net Price

$32,785 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Martin landed the #2 spot on the list. UT Martin is a medium-sized school located in Martin, Tennessee that handed out 34 ’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

UT Martin also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Tennessee” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UT Martin is $10,955 for Tennessee Consumer Science students with aid.

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#3

Freed-Hardeman University

Henderson, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$16,703 Average Net Price

$41,750 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Freed-Hardeman University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools in Tennessee For Those Getting Aid list. Henderson, Tennessee is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out ’s consumer science degrees to 1 students in 2019-2020.

FHU also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Tennessee” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Freed-Hardeman University is $16,703 for Tennessee Consumer Science students with aid.

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• Best Value Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (With Aid)

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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