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. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 168th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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 Southwest region, there were 540 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,370 and $26,824 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 467 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,112 and $26,227 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 15 colleges that offer a degree 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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The consumer science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region. Stephen F Austin State University is a fairly large school located in Nacogdoches, Texas that handed out 125 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Stephen F Austin State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Out of the 15 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Tech University landed the #2 spot on the list. Lubbock, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 252 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend East Central University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. East Central University is located in Ada, Oklahoma and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Southern University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region. Texas Southern University is a public institution located in Houston, Texas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region. Texas A&M University - Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 9 bachelors’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas A&M University - Kingsville
University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #6. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school handed out 22 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Sam Houston State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #7. SHSU is a large public school situated in Huntsville, Texas. It awarded 17 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Sam Houston State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #8. Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Portales, New Mexico. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Eastern New Mexico University - Main Campus General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Our Lady of the Lake University came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. This small school is located in San Antonio, Texas, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Texas Woman’s University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Denton, Texas, this fairly large public school awarded 4 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas Woman’s University
The University of Texas at Austin ranked #11 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This large school is located in Austin, Texas, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.3%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at The University of Texas at Austin
Baylor University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #12. Baylor is a large private not-for-profit school situated in Waco, Texas. It awarded 2 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 91%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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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Northeastern State University landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. Located in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, this medium-sized public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students 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%.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at NSU
Prairie View A & M University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking, coming in at #13. Prairie View, Texas is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #13, Tarleton State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. This fairly large school is located in Stephenville, Texas, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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