2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Great Lakes Region
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With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,780 people earned their degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 191 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 97 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,415 and $23,858 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking, we looked at 14 colleges that offer a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
Top 14 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Great Lakes Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Illinois University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Eastern Illinois University is a public institution located in Charleston, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 33 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.4% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Eastern Illinois University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Illinois State University is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 30 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region. Miami University - Oxford is a public institution located in Oxford, Ohio. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 23 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
Full Miami University - Oxford Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Athens is a public institution located in Athens, Ohio. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Western Illinois University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
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Purdue University - Main Campus ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 6 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Purdue
Madonna University came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Livonia, Michigan, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Madonna Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
With a ranking of #8, Ohio University - Southern Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Southern is a public institution located in Ironton, Ohio. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Ohio University - Southern Campus Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
With a ranking of #8, Bradley University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
Full Bradley University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
Ohio University - Zanesville Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Zanesville is a small public school situated in Zanesville, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Ohio University - Zanesville Campus
Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus is a small school located in Chillicothe, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
With a ranking of #8, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in Lancaster, Ohio, this small public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full OHIO Lancaster Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
Ohio University - Eastern Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. OHIO Eastern is a small school located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.2% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Ohio University - Eastern Campus Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
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Notes and References
References
- 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).
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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