2024 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools
6
Colleges in the United States
37
Doctor's Degrees
General Family & Consumer Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #157 out of the 306 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
College Factual looked at 6 colleges and universities when compiling its 2024 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. Combined, these schools handed out 37 doctor's degrees in general family & consumer sciences to qualified students.
What's on this page: * Our Methodology
Choosing a Great General Family & Consumer Sciences School for Your Doctor's Degree
Your choice of general family & consumer sciences for getting your doctor's degree school matters. This section explores some of the factors we include in our ranking and how much they vary depending on the school you select. When choosing a school we recommend considering some of the following factors:
Quality Overall Is Important
A school that excels in educating for a particular major and degree level must be a great school overall as well. To take this into account we include a school's overall Best Colleges for a Doctor's Degree ranking which itself looks at a collection of different factors like degree completion, educational resources, student body caliber and post-graduation earnings for the school as a whole.
Average Earnings
To determine the overall quality of a graduate school, one factor we look at is the average early-career salary of those receiving their doctor's degree from the school. After all, your doctor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.
Other Factors We Consider
The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.
- Major Focus - How much a school focuses on general family & consumer sciences students vs. other majors.
- Major Demand - The number of general family & consumer sciences students who choose to seek a doctor's degree at the school.
- Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
- Student Debt - How easy is it for general family & consumer sciences to pay back their student loans after receiving their doctor's degree.
- Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized general family & consumer sciences related body.
Our full ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best schools for general family & consumer sciences students working on their doctor's degree.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.