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2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

6 Ranked Colleges
119 Degrees Awarded
$20,000 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2019-2020, 3,362 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 143rd most popular in the United States. 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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 119 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,640 and $23,488 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 119 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,278 and $24,587 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking looked at 6 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $75-$110k.

Top 6 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the Middle Atlantic Region

#1

Queens College

Queens, New York

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Queens College landed the #1 spot on the list. Queens College is located in Queens, New York and, has a fairly large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 49 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

QC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. The yearly cost to attend QC is $8,549 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $75-$110k.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Queens College

#2

SUNY Oneonta

Oneonta, New York

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend SUNY Oneonta. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Located in Oneonta, New York, this medium-sized public school awarded 12 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

SUNY Oneonta did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $18,859 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend SUNY Oneonta.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full SUNY Oneonta General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#3

University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Princess Anne, Maryland

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k. This small school is located in Princess Anne, Maryland, and it awarded 36 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

UMES did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $21,481 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend UMES.

The impressive student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at UMES

#4

Montclair State University

Montclair, New Jersey

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Montclair State University. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k list. Montclair State is a large public school situated in Montclair, New Jersey. It awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Montclair State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list. It costs about $23,927 for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make $75-$110k per year to attend Montclair State.

The student loan default rate at the school is 4.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Montclair State University

#5

Morgan State University

Baltimore, Maryland

Out of the 6 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Morgan State is a medium-sized school located in Baltimore, Maryland that handed out 18 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Morgan State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Morgan State is $21,626 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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

#5 in overall quality

Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Middle Atlantic Region For Those Making $75-$110k ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this fairly large public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

IUP also took the #5 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend IUP is $25,535 for Middle Atlantic Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make $75-$110k.

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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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