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2022 Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

5 Ranked Colleges
315 Degrees Awarded
$19,500 Avg Net Price*
Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor's in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $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 Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 341 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,033 and $19,347 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 315 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,111 and $23,874 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family and consumer sciences programs and 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k.

Top 5 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (Income Over $110k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k list. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school awarded 54 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UW, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $12,159 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend UW.

The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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#2

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana

Out of the 5 schools in the Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k that were part of this year’s ranking, Montana State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Bozeman, Montana is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 215 students in 2019-2020.

MSU Bozeman also made our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #3. The yearly cost to attend Montana State University is $19,202 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make more than $110k.

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#4 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #3 for the Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Brigham Young University - Provo is located in Provo, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at BYU, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $13,322 for rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend BYU.

The student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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#4

Southern Utah University

Cedar City, Utah

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Utah University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Southern Utah University is a fairly large public school situated in Cedar City, Utah. It awarded 37 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make more than $110k list, Southern Utah University has also earned the #5 rank in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. It costs about $14,285 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make more than $110k per year to attend Southern Utah University.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. The school came in at #5 for the Best Vallue Consumer Science Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making Over $110k. Fort Collins, Colorado is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 6 students in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region bachelor’s degree consumer science students whose families make more than $110k list, Colorado State has also earned the #1 rank in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins is $18,668 for Rocky Mountains Region Bachelor’s Degree Consumer Science students whose families make more than $110k.

The low student loan default rate of 3.0% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

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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%.

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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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