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2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$23,090 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$45,503 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics Master's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, family and consumer economics was ranked #210 in the country. In fact 1,454 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

The Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Master's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which ones offered the best value master's degree programs for consumer economics students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. Specifically, our score for quality is discounted by the published tuition and fees charged by the given college. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The more quality your dollar buys, the better the value.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.

2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Master's Degree Colleges.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in Family & Consumer Economics

Our analysis found South Dakota State University to be the best value school for family and consumer economics students who want to pursue a master’s degree in the Plains States Region . South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the town of Brookings.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at South Dakota State are $16,917 per year.

In addition to its great value ranking, South Dakota State is in the top 20% of all schools on our Best Family & Consumer Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at South Dakota State University

Out of the 2 schools in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Minnesota - Twin Cities landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the city of Minneapolis, UMN Twin Cities is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at UMN Twin Cities are $29,262 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, UMN Twin Cities also is in the top 10% of our Best Family & Consumer Economics Master’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

Read full report on Family & Consumer Economics at University of Minnesota - Twin Cities

Best Family & Consumer Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best family and consumer economics colleges for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 90
Kansas 30
Iowa 11
Nebraska 185
South Dakota 31

Family & Consumer Economics is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 2 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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