by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,906 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 168th most popular in the United States. In 2019-2020, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,445 and had an average of $27,314 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 130 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,125 and $27,713 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 76 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general family and consumer sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree consumer science students.
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 Consumer Science Major in Illinois list. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 48 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern Illinois University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois list. Illinois State is a large school located in Normal, Illinois that handed out 26 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% 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 Illinois State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois 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 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois list. Western Illinois University is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #5 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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