2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 California, there were 905 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 6 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $60,281 and $50,119 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for california master’s degree family studies students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $48-$75k) in California

#1

California State University - Northridge

Northridge, California

#1 in overall quality

$17,955 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in Northridge, California, this large public school handed out 5 degrees to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

CSUN 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 California” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at CSUN are $17,955, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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#2

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California

$17,944 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in California For Those Making $48-$75k list. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFSU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at San Francisco State University are $17,944, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $48-$75k)

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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