2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana

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 for a Bachelor’s in Indiana” 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 Indiana, there were 12 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,300 and $25,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 9 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,620 and $24,786 respectively.

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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 for a Bachelor’s in Indiana” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Indiana

#1

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$13,986 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Purdue University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Purdue not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Indiana” list. It costs about $13,986 for Indiana Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students per year to attend Purdue University - Main Campus.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Purdue

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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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