by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region” 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 the Plains States region, there were 201 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,604 and $24,747 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 164 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region” ranking, we looked at 7 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region”.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Southeast Missouri State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Southeast Missouri State University is a medium-sized public school situated in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. It awarded 61 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Southeast Missouri State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Chadron State College. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Chadron State College General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Minnesota State University - Mankato. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region. Minnesota State University - Mankato is a fairly large school located in Mankato, Minnesota that handed out 48 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Minnesota State Mankato
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Pittsburg State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region list. Pitt State is a public institution located in Pittsburg, Kansas. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Full Pittsburg State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Out of the 7 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Kansas State University is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 12 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.7%, 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.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Kansas State University
Iowa State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Iowa State University is a public institution located in Ames, Iowa. The school has a large population, and it awarded 15 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
University of Missouri - Columbia came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Plains States Region ranking. This large school is located in Columbia, Missouri, and it awarded 3 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 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Missouri - Columbia
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