2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services
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Family & Community Services is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,062 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 17 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.
When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family and community services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s.
Top 17 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Baker College. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s. Baker College is a medium-sized private not-for-profit school situated in Owosso, Michigan. It awarded 74 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
Baker College also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #17. It costs about $15,049 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend Baker College.
Since the school has a student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Baker College
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family and community services degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Texas Tech University is $17,571 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Northern Iowa. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. UNI is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 45 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
UNI also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #8. It costs about $15,620 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend University of Northern Iowa.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Michigan University landed the #4 spot on the list. WMU is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, WMU has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Western Michigan University is $19,433 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Harding University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Harding, the school also landed the #9 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Harding is $19,375 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Harding University
Iowa State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 99 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.
Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $15,496 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Iowa State University
University of Florida ranked #7 on this year’s Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 122 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
UF not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $6,302 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend University of Florida.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
East Carolina University landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. ECU is located in Greenville, North Carolina and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 87 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, ECU has also earned the #12 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend ECU is $15,844 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at East Carolina University
John Brown University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. JBU is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, JBU has also earned the #10 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $21,963 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend John Brown University.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
University of Maryland - College Park ranked #10 on this year’s Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school awarded 145 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.
UMCP also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend UMCP is $19,045 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students.
The student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
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University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #11 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. UW - Madison is a large public school situated in Madison, Wisconsin. It awarded 57 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, UW - Madison has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $17,708 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 0.8% 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 Family & Community Services at University of Wisconsin - Madison
Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #12. OBU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Shawnee, Oklahoma. The school has a small population, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
OBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #16 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for OBU is $21,446 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Oklahoma Baptist University
Michigan State University landed the #13 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Michigan State University is a public institution located in East Lansing, Michigan. The school has a large population, and it awarded 92 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
Michigan State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $19,173 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students per year to attend Michigan State University.
The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Michigan State
Messiah University came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. This small school is located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
Messiah also took the #13 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $28,141 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend Messiah.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Messiah University
Stevenson University came in at #15 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. Stevenson is located in Stevenson, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, Stevenson has also earned the #11 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Stevenson University is $27,142 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students.
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University of Hawaii at Manoa landed the #16 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s ranking. University of Hawaii at Manoa is located in Honolulu, Hawaii and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 66 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
UH Manoa also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #15. It costs about $15,030 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students per year to attend University of Hawaii at Manoa.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Merrimack College ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s list. Merrimack is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 35 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
Merrimack also took the #7 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $33,650 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students per year to attend Merrimack.
The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
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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%.
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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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