2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Rocky Mountains Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 69 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 2 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

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.

More Ways to Rank Family & Community Services Schools

The family and community services school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region”.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$24,695 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #1 spot on the list. Salt Lake City, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family and community services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

U of U not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at University of Utah

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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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