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2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services (Income $0-$30k)

4 Ranked Colleges
306 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor's 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 Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

In 2019-2020, 315 people earned their degree in other family and consumer economics and related services, making the major the 692nd most popular in the United States.

At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 306 other family and consumer economics and related services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 4 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in other family and consumer economics and related services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent other family and consumer economics and related services programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the other family and consumer economics and related services program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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The colleges and universities below are the best for bachelor’s degree other family & consumer economics & related services students whose families make $0-$30k.

#1

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Minneapolis, Minnesota
#1 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large public school handed out 74 degrees to qualified bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services students in 2019-2020.

UMN Twin Cities also made our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #1. The yearly cost to attend University of Minnesota - Twin Cities is $7,266 for bachelor’s degree other family & consumer economics & related services students whose families make $0-$30k.

With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska - Lincoln. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Nebraska - Lincoln is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 163 bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNL did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UNL is $12,216 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%. The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Nebraska at Kearney. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a public institution located in Kearney, Nebraska. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UNK, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Nebraska at Kearney is $13,078 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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#4

Virginia State University

Petersburg, Virginia
#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Virginia State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Petersburg, Virginia, this small public school handed out 24 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s other family and consumer economics and related services students in 2019-2020.

Virginia State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. It costs about $15,586 for Bachelor’s Degree Other Family & Consumer Economics & Related Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Virginia State University.

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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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