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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Southeast Region

4 Ranked Colleges
271 Degrees Awarded
$15,900 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 Southeast region, there were 352 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region” ranking, we looked at 4 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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 family and community services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region

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

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Southeast Region

#1

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region. Located in Searcy, Arkansas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

Harding also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. The estimated yearly cost for Harding University is $19,375 for southeast region bachelor’s degree family and community services students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The low student loan default rate of 4.5% 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%.

Full Harding Family & Community Services Report

#2

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #2 spot on the list. Gainesville, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family and community services degrees to 122 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, UF has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $6,302 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.0% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Read more about Family & Community Services at UF

#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Carolina University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our southeast region bachelor’s degree family and community services students list, ECU has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” ranking. It costs about $15,844 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students per year to attend East Carolina University.

Read more about Family & Community Services at East Carolina University

#4

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend John Brown University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region list. 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.

JBU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $21,963 for southeast region bachelor’s degree family and community services students per year to attend JBU.

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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.

Full John Brown University Family & Community Services Report

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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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