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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina

6 Ranked Colleges
1,496 Degrees Awarded
$15,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 in North Carolina” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 55,820 people earned their degree in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,354 and had an average of $23,570 in loans still to pay off.

Across North Carolina, there were 1,496 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,710 and $26,800 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 6 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina.

Top 6 Best Value Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in North Carolina

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina. University of North Carolina at Greensboro is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 188 ’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.

UNC Greensboro did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” list. It costs about $11,629 for north carolina family, consumer & human sciences students per year to attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

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East Carolina University
Greenville, North Carolina

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school awarded 150 diplomas to qualified ’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.

ECU also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend East Carolina University is $16,550 for North Carolina Family, Consumer & Human Sciences students.

Full East Carolina University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina Central University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina. This medium-sized school is located in Durham, North Carolina, and it awarded 104 ’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our north carolina family, consumer & human sciences students list, North Carolina Central University has also earned the #4 rank in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for North Carolina Central University is $14,332 for North Carolina Family, Consumer & Human Sciences students.

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Appalachian State University
Boone, North Carolina

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Appalachian State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina. This large school is located in Boone, North Carolina, and it awarded 66 ’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

In addition to being on our north carolina family, consumer & human sciences students list, Appalachian State has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Appalachian State is $13,989 for north carolina family, consumer & human sciences students.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

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North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 56 ’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

NC A&T did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” list. The yearly cost to attend NC A&T is $10,563 for North Carolina Family, Consumer & Human Sciences students.

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Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina ranking. Located in Charlotte, North Carolina, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 73 diplomas to qualified ’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.

JWU Charlotte also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in North Carolina” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $26,181 for north carolina family, consumer & human sciences students per year to attend JWU Charlotte.

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