2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 North Carolina, there were 148 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 33 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $0-$30k) in North Carolina

#1

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$20,595 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina Central University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Making $0-$30k list. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized public school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 33 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

North Carolina Central University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina Central University are $20,595, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at North Carolina Central University

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