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Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Iowa

2023 Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$9,634 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$37,468 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics School for You

With 11 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family and consumer economics is the #201 most popular major in Iowa.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one for you. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

The Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Iowa ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

Best Family & Consumer Economics School

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in Iowa for family and consumer economics students. Iowa State is a very large public school located in the city of Ames.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Iowa State are $9,634 a year. On average, consumer economics graduates from Iowa State take out $20,623 in student loans while working on their degree.

Iowa State also made our Best Family & Consumer Economics Schools in Iowa list, coming in at #4.

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Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Colleges in the Plains States Region

Explore all the Best Value Family & Consumer Economics Schools in the Plains States Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 90
Kansas 30
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 values are for the top school 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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