2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania
Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing
Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree School for You
With 716 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family, consumer and human sciences is the #30 most popular major in Pennsylvania.
Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.
The Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. This report analyzed 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which ones offered the best value associate degree programs for family, consumer and human sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.
When determining this ranking, we place a high emphasis on the school's quality as well as its sticker price. Even though a college may be affordable, it may not offer value. 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.
Our calculations use out-of-state tuition and fees in our nationwide and regional rankings. For statewide rankings, we use average in-state tuition and fees.
Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
Our 2023 rankings named Community College of Allegheny County the best value school in Pennsylvania for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their associate degree. Located in the large city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public college with a fairly large student population.
The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at CCAC are $8,323 a year.
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The excellent associate degree programs at Harcum College helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best value family, consumer and human sciences schools in Pennsylvania. Harcum College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the suburb of Bryn Mawr.
Harcum College undergraduate students pay an average of $26,600 in in-state tuition and fees each year.
Harcum College also claimed a spot on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools in this category.
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Out of the 3 schools in Pennsylvania that were part of this year’s ranking, Berks Technical Institute landed the # 3 spot on the list. Berks Technical Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wyomissing.
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Explore all the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.
| State | Degrees Awarded |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 356 |
| New York | 1,456 |
| Maryland | 421 |
| Delaware | 101 |
| District of Columbia | 84 |
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Majors Related to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Majors to Study
| Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Human Development & Family Studies | 42,112 |
| Food, Nutrition & Related Services | 4,858 |
| Textile & Apparel Studies | 3,313 |
| General Family & Consumer Sciences | 2,906 |
| Family & Consumer Economics | 1,454 |
| Human Sciences Business Services | 704 |
| Housing | 302 |
| Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) | 158 |
Majors Similar to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences
| Related Major | Annual Graduates |
|---|---|
| Education | 327,871 |
| Social Sciences | 205,984 |
| Psychology | 195,678 |
| Communication & Journalism | 120,571 |
| History | 32,731 |
Notes and References
*These averages are for the top 3 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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