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

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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 Arkansas, there were 97 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,400 and $23,977 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 19 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,293 and $39,432 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Arkansas (With Aid)

#1

University of Arkansas

Fayetteville, Arkansas

#1 in overall quality

$22,121 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #1 spot on the list. Fayetteville, Arkansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s consumer science degrees to 10 students in 2019-2020.

UARK also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at UARK are $22,121.

Full UARK General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

#2

University of Central Arkansas

Conway, Arkansas

$11,648 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

$41,406 Average Early-Career Earnings

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Central Arkansas. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Consumer Science Schools for a Master’s in Arkansas For Those Getting Aid list. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 9 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2019-2020.

UCA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Arkansas are $11,648, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southeast Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences (With Aid)

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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