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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

5 Colleges
$12,962 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,199 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 745 degrees and certificates were awarded to family, consumer and human sciences students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. 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.

To help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in North Carolina 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.

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 North Carolina Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Our 2023 rankings named Appalachian State University the best value school in North Carolina for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Located in the distant town of Boone, Appalachian State is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Appalachian State undergraduate students pay an average of $7,410 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

Appalachian State also claimed a spot on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. It’s in the top 20% of all schools in this category.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend University of North Carolina at Greensboro. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the city of Greensboro.

UNC Greensboro undergraduate students pay an average of $7,468 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, East Carolina University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at ECU are $7,297 a year.

As a testament to the quality of education it offers, ECU also is in the top 15% of our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking.

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Out of the 5 schools in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the # 4 spot on the list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

NC A&T undergraduate students pay an average of $6,733 in in-state tuition and fees each year.

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The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best value family, consumer and human sciences schools in North Carolina. Located in the city of Charlotte, JWU Charlotte is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at JWU Charlotte are $35,900 per year.

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

Explore all the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 331
Mississippi 538
South Carolina 518
Florida 833
Virginia 1,110
Arkansas 425
Alabama 1,424
Kentucky 414
Georgia 896
Tennessee 680
Louisiana 439

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

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 5 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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