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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Ohio

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$16,142 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the #220 most popular major in Ohio with 32 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Schools in Ohio 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 Ohio to see which 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.

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.

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Ohio

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

Best Ohio Schools for Affordable Quality in General Family & Consumer Sciences

$12,840 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Ohio University - Athens Campus to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Ohio. OHIO Athens is a fairly large public school located in the town of Athens.

OHIO Athens undergraduate students pay an average of $12,840 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Ohio University - Athens Campus

$16,142 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Miami University - Oxford is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school located in the fringe town of Oxford.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Miami University - Oxford are $16,142 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Miami University - Oxford also did well on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Ohio list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Miami University - Oxford

Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
Michigan 0
Illinois 130
Indiana 10
Wisconsin 26

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

Majors Similar to Consumer Science

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.

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