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

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 Tennessee 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 Tennessee, there were 812 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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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, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k” list, to help you choose the best school for you.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $0-$30k) in Tennessee

#1

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, Tennessee

#1 in overall quality

$50,624 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k that were part of this year’s ranking, Vanderbilt University landed the #1 spot on the list. Vanderbilt University is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Nashville, Tennessee. It awarded 21 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Vanderbilt also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Vanderbilt University are $50,624.

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#2

The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

#2 in overall quality

$31,798 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Tennessee - Knoxville. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k list. The University of Tennessee - Knoxville is a large public school situated in Knoxville, Tennessee. It awarded 29 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at UT Knoxville, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at UT Knoxville are $31,798, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Knoxville

#3

The University of Tennessee - Martin

Martin, Tennessee

$16,656 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend The University of Tennessee - Martin. The school came in at #3 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Tennessee For Those Making $0-$30k. Located in Martin, Tennessee, this medium-sized public school handed out 12 diplomas to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

UT Martin also took the #0 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Tennessee” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at The University of Tennessee - Martin are $16,656, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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