2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual has developed its “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” 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 the New England region, there were 1,894 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,733 and $23,832 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 14 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $73,889 and $109,372 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer and human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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The family, consumer & human sciences school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k”.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k.

Top 2 Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $75-$110k) in the New England Region

#1

Tufts University

Medford, Massachusetts

#1 in overall quality

$55,168 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Tufts University. The school came in at #1 for the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k. Located in Medford, Massachusetts, this fairly large private not-for-profit school handed out 5 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2019-2020.

Tufts also took the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” ranking. Average graduate tuition and fees at Tufts are $55,168, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Tufts University

#2

University of Connecticut

Storrs, Connecticut

#1 in overall quality

$41,576 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Doctorate in the New England Region For Those Making $75-$110k that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Connecticut landed the #2 spot on the list. University of Connecticut is a large school located in Storrs, Connecticut that handed out 6 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UCONN not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the New England Region” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Connecticut are $41,576.

Full UCONN Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

• Best Value Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Income $75-$110k)

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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