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Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in New Mexico

2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in New Mexico

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

2 Colleges
$4,795 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$28,819 Avg Salary

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

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the #18 most popular major in New Mexico with 219 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. Along with traditional schools that require in-person attendence, you can attend one of many reputable online schools. Some programs even offer a hybrid experience. Alternatively, you may choose a trade school that prepares you to enter the workforce with knowledge in a specific field.

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 New Mexico to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 2 schools in New Mexico 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. 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.

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

$1,684 Average Tuition & Fees

Our analysis found Central New Mexico Community College to be the best value school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a degree in New Mexico. Located in the city of Albuquerque, CNM is a public school with a fairly large student population.

CNM undergraduate students pay an average of $1,684 in in-state tuition and fees each year. While working on their degree, family, consumer and human sciences majors at CNM accumulate an average of around $7,500 in student debt.

In addition to its best value ranking, and one of the reasons why the school is on the list, CNM is ranked #5 for overall quality for family, consumer and human sciences in New Mexico.

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$7,906 Average Tuition & Fees

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in New Mexico list. UNM is a very large public school located in the large city of Albuquerque.

The average tuition and fees for an in-state undergraduate at UNM are $7,906 a year. On average, family, consumer and human sciences graduates from UNM take out $21,098 in student loans while working on their degree.

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

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

State Degrees Awarded
Arizona 988
Texas 2,971
Oklahoma 584

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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