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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

3 Colleges
$8,323 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$22,262 Avg Salary

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.

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Colleges.

Best Pennsylvania Schools for Affordable Quality for an Associate in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Our analysis found Community College of Allegheny County to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a associate degree in Pennsylvania. Located in the city of Pittsburgh, CCAC is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CCAC undergraduate students pay an average of $8,323 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#2

Harcum College

Bryn Mawr, PA

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 large suburb of Bryn Mawr.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Harcum College are $26,600 per year.

Harcum College excels when it comes to quality. It’s ranked in the top 10% of all schools on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list.

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#3

Berks Technical Institute

Wyomissing, PA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend Berks Technical Institute. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Associate Degree Schools in Pennsylvania list. Berks Technical Institute is a small private for-profit school located in the large suburb of Wyomissing.

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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges 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

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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

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