2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k

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, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.

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 Washington, there were 716 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 33 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $62,184 and $46,709 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family, consumer and human sciences programs, but they also cost less that schools of similar quality.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school and the cost of the school after aid is awarded among other things. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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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 Washington For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 Washington For Those Making $30-$48k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in Washington

#1

Washington State University

Pullman, Washington

$27,561 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Pullman, Washington is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 11 students in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Wazzu, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Washington State University are $27,561.

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#2

Central Washington University

Ellensburg, Washington

#1 in overall quality

$24,976 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Central Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington For Those Making $30-$48k list. CWU is a public institution located in Ellensburg, Washington. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 13 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at CWU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Washington” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at CWU are $24,976, 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 $30-$48k) in the Far Western US Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $30-$48k)

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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