2022 Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina 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 was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 180th most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across North Carolina, there were 148 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 33 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,088 and $45,388 respectively.

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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid.

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

#1

North Carolina Central University

Durham, North Carolina

#1 in overall quality

$20,595 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Family Studies Schools for a Master’s in North Carolina For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family studies degrees to 33 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at North Carolina Central University, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at North Carolina Central University are $20,595, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at North Carolina Central University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’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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