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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$25,032 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$27,753 Avg Salary

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, general family and consumer sciences was ranked #171 in the country. In fact 2,906 degrees and certificates were handed out 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which ones offered the best value programs for consumer science students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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 the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality in General Family & Consumer Sciences

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the city of Provo.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at BYU are $6,120 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, BYU also did well on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. It’s in the top 15% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

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#2

University of Wyoming

Laramie, WY

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Wyoming is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students. Located in the town of Laramie, UW is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UW are $16,957 per year. While working on their degree, consumer science majors at UW accumulate an average of around $22,250 in student debt.

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$28,264 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Montana State University helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general family and consumer sciences schools in the Rocky Mountains Region . Located in the remote town of Bozeman, MSU Bozeman is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at MSU Bozeman are $28,264 per year. After completing their degree, consumer science graduates from MSU Bozeman carry an average student debtload of $24,960. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $207, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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A rank of #4 on this year’s list means Colorado State University - Fort Collins is a great value for general family and consumer sciences students. Colorado State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Fort Collins.

Colorado State undergraduate students pay an average of $31,470 in tuition and fees each year.

Colorado State also made our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list, coming in at #5.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Utah State University. The school came in at #5 on this year’s Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at USU are $23,435 a year.

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Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best general family and consumer sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 10
Utah 15
Idaho 0
Montana 176
Wyoming 28

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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 5 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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