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2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Kansas

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$9,082 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$33,254 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Kansas

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for consumer science majors pursuing a .

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

#1

Pittsburg State University

Pittsburg, KS
$7,744 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named Pittsburg State University the best value school in Kansas for general family and consumer sciences students. Located in the town of Pittsburg, Pitt State is a public school with a moderately-sized student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pitt State are $7,744 per year. While working on their degree, consumer science majors at Pitt State accumulate an average of around $25,275 in student debt.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Pittsburg State University Report

#2

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS
$10,420 Average Tuition & Fees

Out of the 2 schools in Kansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the # 2 spot on the list. K -State is a very large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at K -State are $10,420 a year. Consumer Science majors at K -State take out an average of $23,125 in student loans while working on their egree.

K -State not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #3 on our Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Kansas list.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Kansas State University Report

Best Value General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Plains States Region

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

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 72
Minnesota 48
Iowa 30
Nebraska 11

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 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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