2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington

When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington” ranking.

In 2019-2020, 56,273 people earned their degree in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the 21st most popular in the United States. 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.

This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer and human sciences programs that also have a lower cost than 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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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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 Master’s in Washington”.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington master’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students.

Top 1 Best Value Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Washington

#1

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 #1 on our 2022 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for a Master’s in Washington list. Central Washington University is a fairly large school located in Ellensburg, Washington that handed out 13 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2019-2020.

CWU also took 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.

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

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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%.

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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