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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$23,225 Avg Tuition & Fees*

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor'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.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You're no longer limited to schools in your local area, either, since online programs are becoming more prevalent. Or you may find the programs at a trade school to be a better alternative for you.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in the Rocky Mountains Region to see which doctor'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.

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region

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

Best Rocky Mountains Region Schools for Affordable Quality for a Doctorate in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

Our analysis found Brigham Young University - Provo to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a doctor’s degree in the Rocky Mountains Region . BYU is a very large private not-for-profit school located in the midsize city of Provo.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state graduate students at BYU are $7,700 a year.

BYU not only placed well in our value ranking, but it is also #4 on our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in the Rocky Mountains Region list.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Brigham Young University - Provo Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Utah State University is a great value for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their doctor’s degree. USU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Logan.

Out-of-state tuition fees for graduate students at USU are $23,225 per year.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences schools for a specific state in the Rocky Mountains region.

State Degrees Awarded
Colorado 503
Utah 985
Montana 203
Idaho 621
Wyoming 32

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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