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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$7,360 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$31,199 Avg Salary

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

In 2020-2021, 331 degrees and certificates were awarded to family, consumer and human sciences students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #20 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 2 schools in West Virginia to see which ones offered the best value bachelor's 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.

Our ranking of value is based on the quality of a program as defined in our per sticker price dollar. More specifically, we discount our quality score by the published tuition and fees charged by a school. This gives the cost per unit of quality for each college. The value is determined by how much quality your dollar buys.

In our regional and nationwide rankings, out-of-state tution and fees are used in our calculations. Average in-state tuition and fees are used for our statewide rankings.

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia

Check out the family, consumer and human sciences bachelor's degree programs at these schools if you want to get the best value for your educational dollar.

Best West Virginia Schools for Affordable Quality for a Bachelor's in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Our analysis found American Public University System to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a bachelor’s degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a fairly large private for-profit school located in the town of Charles Town.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at American Military University are $7,360 per year.

American Military University did well in our overall quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at American Public University System

#2

West Virginia University

Morgantown, WV

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Virginia University is a great value for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. WVU is a very large public school located in the city of Morgantown.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at WVU are $9,144 a year.

WVU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in West Virginia list.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at West Virginia University Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
North Carolina 745
South Carolina 518
Florida 833
Virginia 1,110
Arkansas 425
Mississippi 538
Louisiana 439
Alabama 1,424
Kentucky 414
Georgia 896
Tennessee 680

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 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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