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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in New Jersey

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

1 College
$13,298 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,272 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

With 1 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general family and consumer sciences is the #252 most popular major in New Jersey.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in New Jersey to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

The following school tops our list of the Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges.

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School

#1

Montclair State University

Montclair, NJ
$13,298 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Montclair State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in New Jersey. Montclair State is a very large public school located in the suburb of Montclair.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at Montclair State are $13,298 a year. After completing their degree, consumer science graduates from Montclair State carry an average student debtload of $26,619. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $193, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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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
Maryland 32
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 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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