2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Arkansas

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 a Master’s in Arkansas” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Arkansas, there were 97 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,400 and $23,977 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 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. 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 Master’s in Arkansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas

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

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Arkansas

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and it awarded 10 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UARK, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Arkansas are $22,121, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at UARK

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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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