by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. 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 Texas” 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 Texas, there were 475 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,644 and $27,320 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 433 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,932 and $25,894 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas” ranking, we looked at 11 colleges that offer 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for texas bachelor’s degree consumer science students.
Out of the 11 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas that were part of this year’s ranking, Stephen F Austin State University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Nacogdoches, Texas, and it awarded 125 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Texas Tech University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas. Texas Tech is a large school located in Lubbock, Texas that handed out 252 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas Southern University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas list. 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.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Kingsville, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Sam Houston State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas. Huntsville, Texas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
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Our Lady of the Lake University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas ranking. Located in San Antonio, Texas, this small private not-for-profit school awarded 1 degrees to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
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Texas Woman’s University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas ranking, coming in at #7. TWU is a public institution located in Denton, Texas. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a ranking of #8, The University of Texas at Austin did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas list. Located in Austin, Texas, this large public school awarded 11 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 97%. 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%.
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With a ranking of #9, Baylor University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas list. Baylor University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Waco, Texas. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Prairie View A & M University ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas list. This medium-sized school is located in Prairie View, Texas, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Tarleton State University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Texas ranking. Tarleton State University is a fairly large school located in Stephenville, Texas that handed out 0 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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