2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

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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 Pennsylvania, there were 3 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 3 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 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.

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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for pennsylvania bachelor’s degree family studies students with aid.

Top 1 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in Pennsylvania (With Aid)

#1

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

Indiana, Pennsylvania

#1 in overall quality

$22,448 Average Net Price

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Bachelor’s in Pennsylvania For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus is a public institution located in Indiana, Pennsylvania. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at IUP, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Pennsylvania” ranking. It costs about $22,448 for Pennsylvania Bachelor’s Degree Family Studies students with aid per year to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General (With Aid)

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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