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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Rhode Island

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

2 Colleges
$25,641 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$35,634 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 497 degrees and certificates were awarded to family, consumer and human sciences students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Rhode Island to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 2 schools in Rhode Island to see which ones offered the best value programs for family, consumer and human sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

This ranking is not just a list of inexpensive schools. We also consider each school's quality, since we believe a low-quality school may not be a 'bargain' at any price. 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.

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

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Rhode Island

The following schools top our list of the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges.

Best Rhode Island Schools for Affordable Quality in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

$15,332 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named University of Rhode Island the best value school in Rhode Island for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the large suburb of Kingston, URI is a public college with a fairly large student population.

URI undergraduate students pay an average of $15,332 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, family, consumer and human sciences majors at URI accumulate an average of around $23,890 in student debt. Assuming that a graduate chooses a 10-year repayment plan, the average monthly loan payment is $362.

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$35,950 Average Tuition & Fees

The excellent programs at Johnson & Wales University - Providence helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in Rhode Island. Located in the city of Providence, JWU Providence is a private not-for-profit school with a medium-sized student population.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at JWU Providence are $35,950 a year. On average, family, consumer and human sciences graduates from JWU Providence take out $27,000 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $436, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Johnson & Wales University - Providence Report

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 94
Maine 90
Massachusetts 445
Connecticut 593
Vermont 24

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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