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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

5 Ranked Colleges
315 Degrees Awarded
$11,300 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 180th most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across the Rocky Mountains region, there were 341 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 315 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences/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 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wyoming. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Laramie, Wyoming is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 54 students in 2019-2020.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for University of Wyoming is $8,231 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at University of Wyoming

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Colorado State University - Fort Collins landed the #2 spot on the list. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

Colorado State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $11,831 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Full Colorado State Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

#4 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Brigham Young University - Provo landed the #3 spot on the list. Provo, Utah is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 3 students in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #4 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The yearly cost to attend Brigham Young University - Provo is $8,834 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Brigham Young University - Provo

#4

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#5 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southern Utah University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. Located in Cedar City, Utah, this fairly large public school awarded 37 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Southern Utah University, the school also landed the #5 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $11,779 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Southern Utah University.

Full Southern Utah University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Montana State University is a public institution located in Bozeman, Montana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 215 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for MSU Bozeman is $15,706 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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