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 Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Indiana” ranking.
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 Indiana, there were 10 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,247 and $31,000 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Indiana” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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 indiana consumer science students.
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Indiana that were part of this year’s ranking, Vincennes University landed the #1 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Vincennes, Indiana, and it awarded 5 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Indiana list. Purdue is a large public school situated in West Lafayette, Indiana. It awarded 5 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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