2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

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In 2020-2021, 2,906 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.

Across the Plains States region, there were 201 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 21 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,829 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate”.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Plains States Region

1

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s family studies degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full K -State Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

2

University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#20 overall quality in Plains States

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Plains States Region for a Doctorate. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s family studies degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Full Mizzou Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

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

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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