2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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

Across the Southeast region, there were 352 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 42 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,950 and $43,286 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family and community services. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family and community services 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 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.

One Size Does Not Fit All

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 Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k” list to help you make the college decision.

To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.

Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region master’s degree family and community services students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region

#1

University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida

#1 in overall quality

$30,130 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

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 Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Located in Gainesville, Florida, this large public school awarded 14 degrees to qualified masters’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

UF did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Florida are $30,130, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

Full University of Florida Family & Community Services Report

#2

University of North Alabama

Florence, Alabama

$13,860 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of North Alabama landed the #2 spot on the list. Florence, Alabama is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family and community services degrees to 2 students in 2019-2020.

UNA not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of North Alabama are $13,860.

Read full report on Family & Community Services at UNA

#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, Kentucky

#2 in overall quality

$18,340 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Kentucky University. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Master’s in the Southeast Region For Those Making $48-$75k. Western Kentucky University is a fairly large school located in Bowling Green, Kentucky that handed out 7 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

WKU also made our “Best Family & Community Services Master’s Degree Schools in the Southeast Region” list, coming in at #2. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at WKU are $18,340.

Read more about Family & Community Services at Western Kentucky University

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services (Income $48-$75k)

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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