2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate 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.

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 Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking.

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.

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate School

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences schools 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

Majors Related to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 values are for the top school 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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