2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$31,914
Avg Salary
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. 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 Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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 the Middle Atlantic region, there were 88 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,914 and $25,624 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region” ranking analyzed 9 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in general family and consumer sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.
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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region
The colleges and universities below are the best for middle atlantic region bachelor’s degree consumer science students.
Top 9 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Maryland Eastern Shore. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region. This small school is located in Princess Anne, Maryland, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full UMES General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region list. QC is a fairly large public school situated in Queens, New York. It awarded 40 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at QC
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Morgan State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Morgan State is a medium-sized public school situated in Baltimore, Maryland. It awarded 11 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Morgan State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #4 spot on the list. This medium-sized school is located in Oneonta, New York, and it awarded 13 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at SUNY Oneonta
Out of the 9 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus landed the #5 spot on the list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Full Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Montclair State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #6. Montclair, New Jersey is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Montclair State University
University of Maryland - College Park did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking, coming in at #7. Located in College Park, Maryland, this large public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UMCP General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
The Graduate Center, CUNY came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Located in New York, New York, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%. The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full The Graduate Center, CUNY General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Delaware State University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking. Del State is a medium-sized school located in Dover, Delaware that handed out 0 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Delaware State University
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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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