2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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.

Across the Plains States region, there were 242 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,800 and $21,509 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 27 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $72,701 and $106,703 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences programs, but they also 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 program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region doctor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Missouri - Columbia. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Missouri - Columbia is a large school located in Columbia, Missouri that handed out 14 doctorate’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Missouri - Columbia are $27,193.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Mizzou

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, Kansas

#2 in overall quality

$24,115 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$58,673 Average Early-Career Earnings

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in the Plains States Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #2 spot on the list. This large school is located in Manhattan, Kansas, and it awarded 13 doctorate’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

K -State also took the #2 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Kansas State University are $24,115.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Kansas State University

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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