2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Indiana

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Indiana” 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 Indiana, there were 446 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,871 and $23,728 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 28 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,737 and $39,894 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Indiana” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family, consumer and human sciences programs, but they also cost less that 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 Master’s in Indiana

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

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Indiana

#1

Purdue University Northwest

Hammond, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$11,633 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University Northwest. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Indiana. Located in Hammond, Indiana, this medium-sized public school handed out 15 degrees to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

Purdue Northwest also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue Northwest are $11,633.

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#2

Purdue University - Main Campus

West Lafayette, Indiana

#1 in overall quality

$28,794 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Indiana list. Purdue is a public institution located in West Lafayette, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Purdue, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Purdue are $28,794.

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#3

Ball State University

Muncie, Indiana

#3 in overall quality

$26,204 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ball State University. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Indiana list. Ball State University is a public institution located in Muncie, Indiana. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Ball State, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Indiana” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Ball State University are $26,204.

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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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