2022 Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

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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 Plains States region, there were 199 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 144 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,786 and $25,576 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree 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.

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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree family and community services students.

Top 2 Best Value Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Plains States Region

#1

University of Northern Iowa

Cedar Falls, Iowa

#2 in overall quality

$15,620 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized public school situated in Cedar Falls, Iowa. It awarded 45 bachelors’s family and community services degrees in 2019-2020.

UNI also took the #2 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend UNI is $15,620 for Plains States Region Bachelor’s Degree Family and Community Services students.

The student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its students.

Full University of Northern Iowa Family & Community Services Report

#2

Iowa State University

Ames, Iowa

#1 in overall quality

$15,496 Average Net Price

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family and Community Services Schools for a Bachelor’s in the Plains States Region. Located in Ames, Iowa, this large public school handed out 99 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family and community services students in 2019-2020.

Iowa State also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family & Community Services Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region” ranking. The yearly cost to attend Iowa State University is $15,496 for plains states region bachelor’s degree family and community services students.

The low student loan default rate of 3.3% 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%. 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

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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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