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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

5 Ranked Colleges
315 Degrees Awarded
$12,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking - to help you make that decision.

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.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences 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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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming
#2 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. UW is a fairly large public school situated in Laramie, Wyoming. It awarded 54 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for UW is $9,200 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

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%.

Full UW Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

Colorado State not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. It costs about $11,890 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $30-$48k per year to attend Colorado State.

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 3.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Colorado State

#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k 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 did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. The estimated yearly cost for BYU is $10,425 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Brigham Young University - Provo Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

#4

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah
#5 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 $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Utah University landed the #4 spot on the list. Southern Utah University is located in Cedar City, Utah and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 37 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $30-$48k list, Southern Utah University has also earned the #5 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 Southern Utah University is $11,759 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Southern Utah University

#5

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montana State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Montana State University is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 215 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #3 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Montana State University is $16,625 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $30-$48k.

Full MSU Bozeman Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

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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%.

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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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