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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

5 Ranked Colleges
871 Degrees Awarded
$15,700 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor's in California For Those Making $75-$110k

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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 bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 871 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,907 and $21,546 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k” 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (Income $75-$110k) in California

#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Long Beach. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Long Beach, California, this large public school awarded 506 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

CSULB also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #1. It costs about $14,544 for california bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend CSULB.

The low student loan default rate of 1.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#3 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. CSUN is a large school located in Northridge, California that handed out 184 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

CSUN also took the #3 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. The yearly cost to attend California State University - Northridge is $15,346 for California Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Sacramento. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Sacramento, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 136 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Sac State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” ranking. It costs about $15,812 for california bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Sac State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Fresno. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k. Fresno State is a public institution located in Fresno, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Fresno State also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #5. It costs about $11,819 for california bachelor’s degree family studies students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Fresno State.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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#5

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, California
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in California For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school awarded 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

SFSU also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in California” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for SFSU is $21,027 for California Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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