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2022 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Missouri (With Aid)

1 Ranked Colleges
14 Degrees Awarded
$27,100 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. 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 Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” 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 Missouri, there were 83 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $25,300 and $26,005 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,755 and $111,628 respectively.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” list to help you make the college decision.

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 a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 1 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Missouri (With Aid)

#1 in overall quality

Out of the 1 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Doctorate in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193.

Full University of Missouri - Columbia General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

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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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