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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$26,250 Avg Tuition & Fees*

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

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the #171 most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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.

The Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor'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. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Plains States Region to see which doctor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for consumer science students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region

Check out the consumer science doctor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best Plains States Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in General Family & Consumer Sciences

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Manhattan, K -State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at K -State are $23,949 a year.

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

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Plains States Region list. Located in the medium-sized city of Columbia, Mizzou is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at Mizzou are $28,550 per year.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Missouri - Columbia Report

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general family and consumer sciences schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 72
Minnesota 48
Kansas 40
Iowa 30
Nebraska 11

General Family & Consumer Sciences 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
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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