2026 Best Value General Housing & Human Environments Schools in the The Plains States Region
[General Housing & Human Environments](/majors/family-consumer-human-sciences/human-environments-housing/housing-and-human-environments-general/) is a field worth comparing on the balance of cost and outcomes. The best values balance affordable tuition against strong post-graduation earnings.
For its 2026 best-value ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools to find the best return on investment for general housing & human environments students.
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2026 Best Value General Housing & Human Environments Schools in the The Plains States Region
If you want to know which schools deliver the best value for the general housing & human environments degrees they offer, see the list below.
Best Value General Housing & Human Environments Schools
For return on investment in general housing & human environments, no school beat Missouri State University Springfield this year. Located in the city of Springfield, Missouri State University Springfield is a very large public university. Students from in state pay about $9,502 in tuition and fees, while out-of-state students pay about $18,770. General Housing & Human Environments graduates carry a median of $26,411 in student loans. Early-career general housing & human environments graduates make about $40,324. That is a strong return on a $26,411 median debt. Roughly 90% of applicants are accepted.
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Notes and References
This ranking is produced by College Factual (MF_RANKING_2025), 2026 edition. Schools are scored on the balance of cost (tuition and student debt) against student outcomes (post-graduation earnings) — a measure of return on investment, drawn primarily from the U.S. Department of Education (IPEDS and College Scorecard).
Ranking method: College Major Best Value · 2 schools evaluated.
*Averages shown above reflect the top 2 ranked 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 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).
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