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Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$26,948 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region ranking.

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.

Check out the consumer science graduate certificate programs at this school if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Graduate Certificate School

Our 2023 rankings named Iowa State University the best value school in the Plains States Region for general family and consumer sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Ames, Iowa State is a public college with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at Iowa State are $26,948 a year.

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

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 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

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