2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k
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Family & Community Services is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.
At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,062 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,303 and $24,501 respectively.
This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 17 colleges that offered a degree in family and community services. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family and community services programs and cost less that 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 family and community services program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k
The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k.
Top 17 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k)
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Florida landed the #1 spot on the list. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school handed out 122 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.
UF also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #3. It costs about $1,994 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend University of Florida.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at University of Florida
Out of the 17 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family and community services degrees to 57 students in 2019-2020.
UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend UW - Madison is $4,367 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Family & Community Services at University of Wisconsin - Madison
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland - College Park. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. University of Maryland - College Park is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 145 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
UMCP also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #2. The yearly cost to attend University of Maryland - College Park is $8,054 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students. The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Michigan State University. The school came in at #4 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k. Michigan State University is located in East Lansing, Michigan and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 92 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
Michigan State also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #4. The yearly cost to attend Michigan State is $6,686 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Michigan State University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Tech University. It ranked #5 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Lubbock, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
Texas Tech also took the #5 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Texas Tech University is $12,317 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Texas Tech University
Iowa State University came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family and community services degrees to 99 students in 2019-2020.
Iowa State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for Iowa State University is $10,054 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Iowa State University
With a ranking of #7, University of Northern Iowa did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 45 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k list, UNI has also earned the #8 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend University of Northern Iowa is $10,757 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low student loan default rate of 3.6% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%.
With a ranking of #8, East Carolina University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. This large school is located in Greenville, North Carolina, and it awarded 87 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
ECU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #12 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for East Carolina University is $11,026 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
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With a ranking of #9, University of Hawaii at Manoa did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. University of Hawaii at Manoa is a fairly large school located in Honolulu, Hawaii that handed out 66 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
UH Manoa also took the #15 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for University of Hawaii at Manoa is $10,986 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The school has an impressive student loan default rate. It’s only 3.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Western Michigan University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #10. This fairly large school is located in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k list, WMU has also earned the #14 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. It costs about $13,021 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend WMU.
Baker College came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Baker College is a medium-sized school located in Owosso, Michigan that handed out 74 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
Baker College also took the #17 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Baker College is $13,376 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Harding University landed the #12 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
In addition to being on our bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k list, Harding has also earned the #9 rank in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Harding is $13,930 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The student loan default rate at the school is 4.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Harding University
Stevenson University came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking. Located in Stevenson, Maryland, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 27 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.
Stevenson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #11 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The yearly cost to attend Stevenson is $18,252 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
John Brown University ranked #14 on this year’s Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. John Brown University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.
JBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #10 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list. The estimated yearly cost for John Brown University is $17,426 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 86%. The student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Community Services at John Brown University
With a ranking of #15, Messiah University did quite well on the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Messiah is a small school located in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania that handed out 21 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
Messiah also took the #13 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Messiah is $20,824 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low student loan default rate of 2.4% 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 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Messiah University
Oklahoma Baptist University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k ranking, coming in at #16. Located in Shawnee, Oklahoma, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.
OBU also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” list, coming in at #16. The yearly cost to attend OBU is $18,537 for bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Oklahoma Baptist University
Merrimack College ranked #17 on this year’s Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s For Those Making $0-$30k list. Merrimack College is a medium-sized school located in North Andover, Massachusetts that handed out 35 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Merrimack, the school also landed the #7 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools” ranking. The estimated yearly cost for Merrimack College is $27,589 for Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.
The low student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Merrimack College
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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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- *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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