2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 143rd most popular major in the country with 3,362 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $28,585 and had an average of $25,171 in loans still to pay off.

At the associate degree level specifically, there were 56 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,082 and $17,678 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

One Size Does Not Fit All

The consumer science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k”.

You can create your own custom comparison that focuses on the factors most important to you using our tool, College Combat. If you’re torn between two schools, you can use it to help you see how they stack up against one another. Bookmark it so you can compare any new schools that might interest you.

Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree consumer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Associate Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $0-$30k)

#1

Vincennes University

Vincennes, Indiana

#2 in overall quality

$8,729 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Vincennes University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Vincennes University is a public institution located in Vincennes, Indiana. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Vincennes University also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $8,729 for Associate Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Vincennes University.

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#2

San Joaquin Delta College

Stockton, California

#1 in overall quality

$9,845 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Joaquin Delta College. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for an Associate For Those Making $0-$30k. Delta is a fairly large school located in Stockton, California that handed out 8 associates’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Delta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend San Joaquin Delta College is $9,845 for associate degree consumer science students whose families make $0-$30k.

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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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