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2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

7 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 21st most popular major in the country with 56,273 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,430 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,504 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,200 and $17,995 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family, consumer and human sciences 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 program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wyoming landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Wyoming is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 1 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students whose families make $0-$30k list, UW has also earned the #0 rank in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wyoming are $16,615.

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#2 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #2 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 9 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 17 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Utah. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Salt Lake City, Utah, this large public school awarded 2 degrees to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

U of U also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full University of Utah Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#5

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Idaho is a fairly large school located in Moscow, Idaho that handed out 6 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

With a ranking of #6, Utah State University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Logan, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 8 students in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#4 in overall quality

Montana State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #7. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 8 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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 MSU Bozeman are $21,446.

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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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