by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Arkansas, there were 66 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,616 and $31,000 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 55 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,130 and $24,615 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas” ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general family and consumer sciences.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas bachelor’s degree consumer science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas list. Located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, this small public school handed out 8 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Central Arkansas. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas. University of Central Arkansas is a fairly large school located in Conway, Arkansas that handed out 38 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Henderson State University landed the #3 spot on the list. Henderson State University is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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 General Family & Consumer Sciences at Henderson State University
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #4 spot on the list. Harding is located in Searcy, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 3 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.1%, 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 87%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Arkansas. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas. University of Arkansas is located in Fayetteville, Arkansas and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 85%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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