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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Maryland

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$8,366 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,306 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences 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.

The Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Maryland 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 Maryland 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.

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 Schools in Maryland

The following schools top our list of the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges.

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

#1

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD
$8,008 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Morgan State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Maryland. Located in the large city of Baltimore, Morgan State is a public college with a moderately-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Morgan State are $8,008 a year. The average amount in student loans that consumer science majors at Morgan State take out is $35,000.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Morgan State University Report

$8,724 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Maryland that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Princess Anne, UMES is a public school with a small student population.

UMES undergraduate students pay an average of $8,724 in in-state tuition and fees each year. Consumer Science majors at UMES take out an average of $29,500 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Maryland Eastern Shore Report

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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