2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

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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 Washington, there were 20 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,202 and $21,977 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Washington

#1

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#2 in overall quality

$15,744 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k list. Ellensburg, Washington is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 5 students in 2019-2020.

CWU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” list. The yearly cost to attend Central Washington University is $15,744 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Central Washington University

#2

Seattle Pacific University

Seattle, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,790 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in Washington For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Seattle Pacific University landed the #2 spot on the list. Seattle Pacific University is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 2 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

SPU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. The yearly cost to attend SPU is $24,790 for Washington Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $48-$75k.

The student loan default rate at the school is 2.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full Seattle Pacific University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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