2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 1,385 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 199 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 45 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,438 and $39,783 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in family and community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family and community services program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Plains States Region

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 1 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #0 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Family & Community Services at K -State

#2

South Dakota State University

Brookings, South Dakota

#1 in overall quality

$16,743 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. South Dakota State University is a fairly large school located in Brookings, South Dakota that handed out 2 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

South Dakota State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State University are $16,743.

Full South Dakota State Family & Community Services Report

#3

Capella University

Minneapolis, Minnesota

#2 in overall quality

$14,767 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Plains States Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 42 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

Capella University also made our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Capella University Family & Community Services Report

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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