2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

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 Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” 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 Virginia, there were 1,680 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 23 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k” 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.

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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k

The colleges and universities below are the best for virginia master’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students whose families make $48-$75k.

Top 2 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $48-$75k) in Virginia

#1

Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, Virginia

$29,228 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Commonwealth University landed the #1 spot on the list. Virginia Commonwealth University is a large school located in Richmond, Virginia that handed out 8 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at VCU, the school also landed the #0 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Commonwealth University are $29,228.

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#2

Virginia Tech

Blacksburg, Virginia

#1 in overall quality

$30,547 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia Tech. It ranked #2 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Virginia For Those Making $48-$75k list. This large school is located in Blacksburg, Virginia, and it awarded 15 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

Virginia Tech not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Virginia” list. Average graduate tuition and fees at Virginia Tech are $30,547, 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 $48-$75k) in the Southeast Region
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $48-$75k)

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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