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

7 Ranked Colleges
86 Degrees Awarded
$21,600 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees*
Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master's in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 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 the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” 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 the Rocky Mountains region, there were 2,504 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,200 and $17,995 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 86 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,560 and $37,817 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k” ranking, we looked at 7 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. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region 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 the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k.

Top 7 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $30-$48k) in the Rocky Mountains Region

#1

University of Wyoming

Laramie, Wyoming

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Wyoming. It ranked #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. Located in Laramie, Wyoming, this fairly large public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified masters’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

UW did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Wyoming are $16,615.

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#2 in overall quality

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #2 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k. BYU is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Provo, Utah. It awarded 9 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

BYU not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Brigham Young University - Provo are $7,510, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#1 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Colorado State University - Fort Collins. It ranked #3 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. This large school is located in Fort Collins, Colorado, and it awarded 17 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Colorado State, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Colorado State University - Fort Collins are $28,055.

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#4

University of Idaho

Moscow, Idaho
#6 in overall quality

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Idaho. It ranked #4 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k list. University of Idaho is a public institution located in Moscow, Idaho. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 6 masters’s degrees in 2019-2020.

U of I did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #6 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at University of Idaho are $29,112, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5

University of Utah

Salt Lake City, Utah
#3 in overall quality

Out of the 7 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Utah landed the #5 spot on the list. U of U is a large public school situated in Salt Lake City, Utah. It awarded 2 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

In addition to being on our rocky mountains region master’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students whose families make $30-$48k list, U of U has also earned the #3 rank in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at U of U are $24,695, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#5 in overall quality

Utah State University did quite well in the 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking, coming in at #6. Utah State University is a large school located in Logan, Utah that handed out 8 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

USU also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” list, coming in at #5. Average graduate tuition and fees at USU are $22,598, but you may pay more or less depending on your major.

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#7

Montana State University

Bozeman, Montana
#4 in overall quality

Montana State University landed the #7 spot on the 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in the Rocky Mountains Region For Those Making $30-$48k ranking. Montana State University is a fairly large public school situated in Bozeman, Montana. It awarded 8 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at MSU Bozeman, the school also landed the #4 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Montana State University are $21,446.

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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%.

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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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