2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

Family & Community Services is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Southeast region, there were 352 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and community services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and community services programs, but they also 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree family and community services students with aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Southeast Region (With Aid)

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Florida. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Florida is located in Gainesville, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 14 masters’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UF, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UF are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Florida Family & Community Services Report

#2

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid. WKU is a fairly large public school situated in Bowling Green, Kentucky. It awarded 7 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Average graduate tuition and fees at Western Kentucky University are $18,340, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Western Kentucky University Family & Community Services Report

#3

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

$13,860 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of North Alabama. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of North Alabama is a medium-sized public school situated in Florence, Alabama. It awarded 2 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNA did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNA are $13,860.

Read more about Family & Community Services at UNA

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (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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