2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

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 Missouri For Those Getting Aid” 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 Missouri, there were 825 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $29,519 and $22,330 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 67 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $51,588 and $39,214 respectively.

For this year’s “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid” 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.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as the cost to attend the school after aid is awarded and overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid

The following schools top our list of the Best Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid.

Top 3 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Missouri (With Aid)

#1

University of Missouri - Columbia

Columbia, Missouri

#1 in overall quality

$27,193 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #1 spot on the list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 29 students in 2019-2020.

Mizzou also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list, coming in at #1. Average graduate tuition and fees at Mizzou are $27,193, but some majors have different tuition rates.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of Missouri - Columbia

#2

University of Central Missouri

Warrensburg, Missouri

$16,394 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #2 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Warrensburg, Missouri, and it awarded 13 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

UCM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #0 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” list. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at University of Central Missouri are $16,394.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of Central Missouri

#3

Missouri State University - Springfield

Springfield, Missouri

#2 in overall quality

$12,042 Avg Grad Tuition & Fees

Out of the 3 schools in the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Missouri For Those Getting Aid that were part of this year’s ranking, Missouri State University - Springfield landed the #3 spot on the list. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 25 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

As a testament to the quality of education offered at Missouri State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Missouri” ranking. Although you might pay more or less depending on your area of study, average graduate tuition and fees at Missouri State are $12,042.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Missouri State University - Springfield

• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Plains States Region (With Aid)
• Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (With Aid)

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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