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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Kentucky

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

3 Colleges
$8,549 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$25,509 Avg Salary

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

With 414 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family, consumer and human sciences is the #23 most popular major in Kentucky.

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.

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 Kentucky to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Kentucky to see which 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. 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 Schools in Kentucky

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

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

$4,488 Average Tuition & Fees

Our 2023 rankings named West Kentucky Community and Technical College the best value school in Kentucky for family, consumer and human sciences students. Located in the remote town of Paducah, West Kentucky Community and Technical College is a public college with a small student population.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College are $4,488 per year.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at West Kentucky Community and Technical College

#2

University of Kentucky

Lexington, KY
$12,610 Average Tuition & Fees

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of Kentucky is a great value for family, consumer and human sciences students. UK is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Lexington.

In-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at UK are $12,610 per year. On average, family, consumer and human sciences graduates from UK take out $25,747 in student loans while working on their degree. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $204, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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#3

Western Kentucky University

Bowling Green, KY
$10,992 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Kentucky University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Kentucky list. WKU is a large public school located in the small city of Bowling Green.

WKU undergraduate students pay an average of $10,992 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, family, consumer and human sciences majors at WKU accumulate an average of around $27,000 in student debt.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Western Kentucky 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
West Virginia 331
Florida 833
Virginia 1,110
Arkansas 425
Mississippi 538
South Carolina 518
Louisiana 439
Alabama 1,424
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 3 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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