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2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

8 Ranked Colleges
278 Degrees Awarded
$30,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master's in the New England Region

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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 New England region, there were 1,894 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,733 and $23,832 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 278 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $58,606 and $42,101 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region” ranking looked at 8 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region

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

Top 8 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region

#1

Simmons University

Boston, Massachusetts
#2 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Simmons University landed the #1 spot on the list. Boston, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 39 students in 2019-2020.

Simmons also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Simmons are $21,698.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Simmons

#2

Framingham State University

Framingham, Massachusetts
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Framingham State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in Framingham, Massachusetts, this small public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

Framingham State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Framingham State University are $17,280, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Framingham State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#3

University of Rhode Island

Kingston, Rhode Island
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Rhode Island landed the #3 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Kingston, Rhode Island, and it awarded 33 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

URI also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Rhode Island are $29,082, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full URI Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#5 in overall quality

Out of the 8 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Hampshire - Main Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. UNH is a fairly large public school situated in Durham, New Hampshire. It awarded 8 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UNH also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UNH are $29,970.

Full UNH Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

#5

University of Maine

Orono, Maine
#7 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maine. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. University of Maine is a fairly large school located in Orono, Maine that handed out 4 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UMaine also took the #7 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UMaine are $28,352, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of Maine

#6

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut
#8 in overall quality

University of Bridgeport ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region list. Located in Bridgeport, Connecticut, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 73 degrees to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #8. Average graduate tuition and fees at UBridgeport are $21,686, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of Bridgeport

#7

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut
#4 in overall quality

University of Connecticut landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking. Storrs, Connecticut is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 4 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UCONN are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#8

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts
#1 in overall quality

Tufts University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #8. Tufts is a private not-for-profit institution located in Medford, Massachusetts. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 29 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Tufts also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Full Tufts 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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