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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,366 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,435 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the #162 most popular major in Maryland with 32 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Maryland to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Maryland to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's degree programs for consumer science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.

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

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for consumer science majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Best Maryland Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in General Family & Consumer Sciences

#1

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

Our 2023 rankings named Morgan State University the best value school in Maryland for general family and consumer sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morgan State are $8,008 a year. While working on their Bachelor's Degree, consumer science majors at Morgan State accumulate an average of around $37,074 in student debt.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Morgan State University

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Maryland list. Located in the town of Princess Anne, UMES is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UMES are $8,724 per year. On average, consumer science graduates from UMES take out $30,159 in student loans while working on their Bachelor's Degree.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore

Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 2
New York 53
New Jersey 1
Delaware 0

One of 7 majors within the area of study, general family and consumer sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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