2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s
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” 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.
At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 135 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,398 and $43,194 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.
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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s.
Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services
Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Capella University landed the #1 spot on the list. Capella University is a large school located in Minneapolis, Minnesota that handed out 42 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Capella University, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Capella University are $14,767, but some majors have different tuition rates.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s list. 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at South Dakota State are $16,743, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Alabama. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s. Located in Florence, Alabama, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.
UNA also took the #8 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UNA are $13,860, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s. University of Florida is a large school located in Gainesville, Florida that handed out 14 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
UF also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but some majors have different tuition rates.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s list. Western Kentucky University is located in Bowling Green, Kentucky and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 7 masters’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at WKU, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Western Kentucky University
University of Utah landed the #6 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s ranking. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 2 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our master’s degree family and community services students list, U of U has also earned the #6 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
Read more about Family & Community Services at University of Utah
Michigan State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s ranking, coming in at #7. Michigan State is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 6 masters’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Michigan State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Michigan State are $37,056.
Full Michigan State University Family & Community Services Report
Arizona State University - Tempe landed the #8 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s ranking. Tempe, Arizona is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family and community services degrees to 23 students in 2019-2020.
ASU - Tempe also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at ASU - Tempe are $27,048, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.
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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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