2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

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In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences, making the major the 180th most popular in the United States.

Across the Great Lakes region, there were 197 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 56 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $57,039 and $42,488 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for great lakes region master’s degree family studies students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k) in the Great Lakes Region

#1

University of Wisconsin - Madison

Madison, Wisconsin

#1 in overall quality

$25,523 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k list. UW - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 12 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UW - Madison not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW - Madison are $25,523, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#2

Eastern Illinois University

Charleston, Illinois

#3 in overall quality

$20,761 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #2 spot on the list. Charleston, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family studies degrees to 25 students in 2019-2020.

EIU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at EIU are $20,761.

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#3

Illinois State University

Normal, Illinois

#2 in overall quality

$11,069 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Great Lakes Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Illinois State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Illinois State University is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 19 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Illinois State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Illinois State University are $11,069.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k)

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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