2022 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Family & Community Services is the 358th most popular major in the country with 1,385 degrees awarded in 2019-2020.

Across Maryland, there were 184 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 180 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,371 and $23,982 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and community services. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family and community services programs that also have a lower cost than schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family and community services 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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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in Maryland

#1

University of Maryland - College Park

College Park, Maryland

#1 in overall quality

$8,054 Average Net Price

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland - College Park. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k list. UMCP is located in College Park, Maryland and, has a large student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 145 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.

UMCP also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UMCP is $8,054 for maryland 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 95%. 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%.

Full University of Maryland - College Park Family & Community Services Report

#2

Stevenson University

Stevenson, Maryland

#2 in overall quality

$18,252 Average Net Price

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in Maryland For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Stevenson University landed the #2 spot on the list. Stevenson is located in Stevenson, Maryland and, has a small student population. In 2019-2020, this school awarded 27 bachelors’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.

Stevenson not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland” list. The yearly cost to attend Stevenson University is $18,252 for Maryland Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k.

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• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Middle Atlantic Region
• Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k)

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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