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

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

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 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.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer 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.

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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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region

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

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

#1

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend SUNY Oneonta. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region. Oneonta, New York is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 12 students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for SUNY Oneonta is $17,470 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Queens College

Queens, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region 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 not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $3,067 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students per year to attend QC.

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%.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at QC

#3

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region list. Located in Princess Anne, Maryland, this small public school awarded 36 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

UMES did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Maryland Eastern Shore is $16,980 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students.

With a student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1, it’s easy to see that the school is committed to helping their undergraduates succeed.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at UMES

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUP, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is $22,448 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students.

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#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. 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 took the #6 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Morgan State University is $17,619 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students.

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#6

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

Montclair State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Montclair State University is a large school located in Montclair, New Jersey that handed out 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Montclair State also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Montclair State is $18,034 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students.

The low student loan default rate of 4.6% 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 Montclair State

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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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