2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

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 Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Washington, there were 716 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 376 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family, consumer and human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer and human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$16,358 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 254 students in 2019-2020.

Wazzu also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Wazzu is $16,358 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Family, Consumer & Human Sciences students.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Washington State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#2

Eastern Washington University

Cheney, Washington

#3 in overall quality

$12,607 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. Located in Cheney, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 47 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

EWU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. It costs about $12,607 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Family, Consumer & Human Sciences students per year to attend Eastern Washington University.

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#3

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#4 in overall quality

$15,397 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington list. This fairly large school is located in Ellensburg, Washington, and it awarded 64 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend CWU is $15,397 for washington bachelor’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students.

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#4

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$26,505 Average Net Price

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #4 spot on the list. This small school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

SPU also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Seattle Pacific University is $26,505 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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%.

Full Seattle Pacific University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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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