by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Far Western US region, there were 782 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. Located in Ellensburg, Washington, this fairly large public school awarded 13 degrees to qualified masters’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
Full Central Washington University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Northridge. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. California State University - Northridge is a public institution located in Northridge, California. The school has a large population, and it awarded 10 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full CSUN Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Francisco State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region. San Francisco, California is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, California State University - Long Beach landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Long Beach, California, and it awarded 445 masters’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in Seattle, Washington, and it awarded 0 masters’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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