2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Tennessee

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

With 112 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general family and consumer sciences is the #97 most popular major in Tennessee.

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 can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

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 Tennessee ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Tennessee 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 Tennessee

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

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

#1

Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN

67 Degrees

#9 in Quality in Tennessee

$9,802 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Tennessee Technological University the best value school in Tennessee for general family and consumer sciences students. Tennessee Tech University is a moderately-sized public school located in the town of Cookeville.

Tennessee Tech University undergraduate students pay an average of $9,802 in in-state tuition and fees each year. After completing their degree, consumer science graduates from Tennessee Tech University carry an average student debtload of $20,379.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, Tennessee Tech University also is in the top 20% of our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Tennessee ranking.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Tennessee Technological University Report

#2

The University of Tennessee - Martin

Martin, TN

34 Degrees

#20 in Quality in Tennessee

$9,912 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Tennessee that were part of this year’s ranking, The University of Tennessee - Martin landed the # 2 spot on the list. Located in the town of Martin, UT Martin is a public college with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UT Martin are $9,912 a year. Consumer Science majors at UT Martin take out an average of $27,028 in student loans while working on their egree.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at The University of Tennessee - Martin Report

Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

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

General Family & Consumer Sciences Related Majors for Consumer Science

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

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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