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

Highlighting Quality Schools With More Affordable Pricing

6 Colleges
$8,165 Avg Tuition & Fees*
$19,613 Avg Salary

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Undergraduate 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. This report analyzed 6 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which ones offered the best value undergraduate certificate programs for family, consumer and human sciences students. The goal was to highlight schools with more affordable prices than others offering similar quality experiences.

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.

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

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

Best Far Western US Region Schools for Affordable Quality for an Award Taking 1 to 4 Years in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

#1

Cabrillo College

Aptos, CA

Our 2023 rankings named Cabrillo College the best value school in the Far Western US Region for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their undergraduate certificate. Cabrillo College is a moderately-sized public school located in the midsize suburb of Aptos.

Cabrillo College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,630 in tuition and fees each year.

Cabrillo College also took the #3 spot in our Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region rankings.

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#2

Santa Ana College

Santa Ana, CA

Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Santa Ana College landed the # 2 spot on the list. SAC is a fairly large public school located in the city of Santa Ana.

The average tuition and fees for an out-of-state undergraduate student at SAC are $7,684 a year.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend San Joaquin Delta College. The school came in at #3 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the large city of Stockton, Delta is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Out-of-state tuition fees for undergraduate students at Delta are $9,072 per year.

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#4

El Camino College

Torrance, CA

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend El Camino College. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. El Camino College is a large public school located in the large suburb of Torrance.

El Camino College undergraduate students pay an average of $8,008 in tuition and fees each year.

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#5

College of the Sequoias

Visalia, CA

Out of the 6 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, College of the Sequoias landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Visalia, College of the Sequoias is a public school with a fairly large student population.

College of the Sequoias undergraduate students pay an average of $8,338 in tuition and fees each year.

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#6

CET, San Jose

San Jose, CA

CET, San Jose ranked #6 on this year’s Best Value Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Undergraduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Jose, CET, San Jose is a private not-for-profit school with a fairly small student population.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences colleges 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

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 averages are for the top 6 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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