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2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in West Virginia

Identifying Quality Schools at More Affordable Prices

1 College
$7,360 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$23,704 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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 Schools in West Virginia ranking.

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.

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

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences School

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 degree in West Virginia. American Military University is a very large private for-profit school located in the fringe town of Charles Town.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at American Military University are $7,360 a year. Family, Consumer & Human Sciences majors at American Military University take out an average of $27,568 in student loans while working on their egree.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, American Military University is ranked #1 for overall quality for family, consumer and human sciences in West Virginia.

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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 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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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