2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Kansas
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You
With 40 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, general family and consumer sciences is the #133 most popular major in Kansas.
It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.
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 Kansas ranking. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in Kansas 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.
Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. 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.
In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Kansas Schools for Affordable Quality in General Family & Consumer Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named Pittsburg State University the best value school in Kansas for general family and consumer sciences students. Located in the distant town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public college with a medium-sized student population.
Pitt State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,744 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, consumer science majors at Pitt State accumulate an average of around $25,275 in student debt.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Kansas list. K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.
In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at K -State are $10,420 per year. Consumer Science majors at K -State take out an average of $23,125 in student loans while working on their egree.
K -State also took the #3 spot in our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Kansas rankings.
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| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| Missouri | 72 |
| Minnesota | 48 |
| Iowa | 30 |
| Nebraska | 11 |
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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.
Most Popular Majors Related 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 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).
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