2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Other Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 114 people earned their degree in family, consumer and human sciences (other), making the major the 342nd most popular in the United States. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences (other) graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $0 and had an average of $30,615 in loans still to pay off.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 109 family, consumer and human sciences (other) graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences (other). The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family, consumer and human sciences (other) 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, consumer and human sciences (other) program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Other Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree other human sciences students.

Top 3 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other)

#1

Wayne State College

Wayne, Nebraska

#3 in overall quality

$13,765 Average Net Price

$32,569 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Other Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State College landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Wayne, Nebraska, and it awarded 14 bachelors’s other human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

WSC did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend WSC is $13,765 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Human Sciences students.

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#2

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah

#1 in overall quality

$14,773 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in Salt Lake City, Utah, and it awarded 56 bachelors’s other human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of U, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Utah is $14,773 for bachelor’s degree other human sciences students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.

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#3

Auburn University

Auburn, Alabama

#2 in overall quality

$24,104 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Auburn University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s. Auburn University is located in Auburn, Alabama and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 28 bachelors’s other human sciences degrees to qualified students.

Auburn did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Auburn University is $24,104 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Human Sciences students.

The low student loan default rate of 2.9% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 92%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Auburn Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) Report

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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