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2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

4 Ranked Colleges
271 Degrees Awarded
$11,100 Avg Net Price*
Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor's in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k

With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

In 2019-2020, 1,385 people earned their degree in family and community services, making the major the 358th most popular in the United States.

Across the Southeast region, there were 352 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 271 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,277 and $25,415 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 4 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.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family and community services 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region 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 in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 4 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $0-$30k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida
#1 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Florida. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. This large school is located in Gainesville, Florida, and it awarded 122 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

UF also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #1. The estimated yearly cost for University of Florida is $1,994 for Southeast Region 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 97%. 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%.

Read more about Family & Community Services at University of Florida

#2

East Carolina University

Greenville, North Carolina
#4 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greenville, North Carolina, this large public school handed out 87 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

ECU also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #4. The estimated yearly cost for ECU is $11,026 for southeast region bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k.

Read more about Family & Community Services at East Carolina University

#3

Harding University

Searcy, Arkansas
#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Harding University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k. Harding University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Searcy, Arkansas. The school has a small population, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s degrees in 2019-2020.

Harding also made our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. It costs about $13,930 for southeast region bachelor’s degree family and community services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend Harding University.

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.

Full Harding Family & Community Services Report

#4

John Brown University

Siloam Springs, Arkansas
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 4 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, John Brown University landed the #4 spot on the list. John Brown University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Siloam Springs, Arkansas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

JBU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #3 on our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. It costs about $17,426 for Southeast Region Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students whose families make $0-$30k per year to attend John Brown University.

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 full report on Family & Community Services at John Brown University

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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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