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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

29 Colleges
$23,719 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,199 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the #22 most popular major in the country with 55,820 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

The Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking is one of many tools that Course Advisor has developed to help you make your educational decision. Our analysis looked at 29 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best value experiences for family, consumer and human sciences students with the aim of identifying those quality schools that are more affordable than some of their counterparts.

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 Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences majors pursuing a bachelor's degree.

Top 10 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

#1

Pacific Oaks College

Pasadena, CA

Our analysis found Pacific Oaks College to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in the Far Western US Region . Pacific Oaks College is a small private not-for-profit school located in the medium-sized city of Pasadena.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Pacific Oaks College are $11,692 per year.

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Out of the 29 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Warner Pacific College Adult Degree Program landed the # 2 spot on the list. Warner Pacific College ADP is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Warner Pacific College ADP are $12,480 per year.

On top of its placing in our value ranking, Warner Pacific College ADP also did well on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. It’s in the top 10% of all schools reviewed in this analysis.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Warner Pacific College Adult Degree Program Report

Out of the 29 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - East Bay landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the large suburb of Hayward, Cal State East Bay is a public school with a large student population.

Cal State East Bay undergraduate students pay an average of $18,875 in tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Warner Pacific University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Far Western US Region . Warner Pacific is a small private not-for-profit school located in the city of Portland.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Warner Pacific are $19,860 per year.

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California State University - Northridge ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of Northridge, CSUN is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSUN are $18,923 a year.

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California State University - Long Beach did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for family, consumer and human sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. CSULB is a very large public school located in the large city of Long Beach.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at CSULB are $18,726 a year.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at California State University - Long Beach Report

With a ranking of #8, California State University - Sacramento did quite well on this year’s best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of Sacramento, Sac State is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Sac State are $19,272 a year.

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#9

San Francisco State University

San Francisco, CA

With a ranking of #9, San Francisco State University did quite well on this year’s best value schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the city of San Francisco, SFSU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SFSU are $19,184 a year.

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California State Polytechnic University - Pomona did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for family, consumer and human sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #10 on the list. Located in the suburb of Pomona, Cal Poly Pomona is a public school with a very large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at Cal Poly Pomona are $19,319 a year.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences colleges for a specific state in the Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 8,196
Washington 412
Oregon 637
Hawaii 93
Nevada 175
Alaska 29

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 25 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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