2022 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 21st most popular major in the country with 56,273 degrees awarded in 2019-2020. In 2017-2018, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2015-2017, earned an average of $29,430 and had an average of $24,438 in loans still to pay off.

Across Connecticut, there were 563 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,233 and $29,277 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 77 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,793 and $40,407 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great family, consumer and human sciences programs and cost less that schools of similar quality.

When determining these rankings, we looked at things such as overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school and the cost to attend the school once aid has been awarded. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k

The colleges and universities below are the best for connecticut master’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students whose families make $0-$30k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Connecticut

#1

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #1 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large public school situated in Storrs, Connecticut. It awarded 4 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #0 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at UCONN

#2

University of Bridgeport

Bridgeport, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$21,686 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Connecticut For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Bridgeport landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Bridgeport is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Bridgeport, Connecticut. It awarded 73 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UBridgeport also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UBridgeport are $21,686, but some majors have different tuition rates.

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• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in the New England Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (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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