2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Iowa

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 30 degrees and certificates were awarded to general family and consumer sciences students who went to a Iowa college or university. This makes it the #158 most popular major in the state.

There are so many programs in today's world that it can tough to figure out which one is the right one 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 Schools in Iowa to help you in your search for the best school for you.

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.

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

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School

#1

Iowa State University

Ames, IA

30 Degrees

#4 in Quality in Iowa

$9,634 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Iowa State University to be the best value school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a degree in Iowa. Iowa State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Ames.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Iowa State are $9,634 per year. The average amount in student loans that consumer science majors at Iowa State take out is $24,110.

Iowa State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Iowa list.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Iowa State University

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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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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