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2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

5 Ranked Colleges
25 Degrees Awarded
$19,800 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” 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 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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 25 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. 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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region master’s degree family studies students with aid.

Top 5 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Rocky Mountains Region (With Aid)

#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 Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. University of Wyoming is a fairly large school located in Laramie, Wyoming that handed out 1 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

UW not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at UW are $16,615, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. Located in Provo, Utah, this large private not-for-profit school awarded 9 degrees to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2019-2020.

BYU also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#3

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#4 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. This fairly large school is located in Moscow, Idaho, and it awarded 6 masters’s family studies degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at U of I, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#4

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 #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid list. MSU Bozeman is located in Bozeman, Montana and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 8 masters’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. Average graduate tuition and fees at MSU Bozeman are $21,446, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 for the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Getting Aid. Utah State University is located in Logan, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 1 masters’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree family studies students with aid list, USU has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Utah State University are $22,598, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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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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