2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas
Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices
Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master's Degree School for You
In 2020-2021, 66 degrees and certificates were awarded to general family and consumer sciences students who went to a Arkansas college or university. This makes it the #86 most popular major in the state.
With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best 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.
Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Master's Degree Schools in Arkansas to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Arkansas to see which master'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.
Best Arkansas Schools for Affordable Quality for a Master's in General Family & Consumer Sciences
Our analysis found University of Arkansas to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a master’s degree in Arkansas. UARK is a very large public school located in the city of Fayetteville.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UARK are $9,018 a year.
UARK did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.
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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of Central Arkansas helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value general family and consumer sciences schools in Arkansas. Located in the small city of Conway, UCA is a public college with a large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state graduate student at UCA are $6,773 a year.
UCA did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in Arkansas list.
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Explore all the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Georgia | 13 |
| Virginia | 17 |
| North Carolina | 134 |
| Florida | 5 |
| Tennessee | 112 |
| Kentucky | 40 |
| South Carolina | 36 |
| Louisiana | 76 |
| Alabama | 303 |
| Mississippi | 55 |
| West Virginia | 2 |
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Majors Related to Consumer Science
General Family & Consumer Sciences is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.
Most Popular Majors Related 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).
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