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2023 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Far Western US Region

5 Ranked Colleges
24 Degrees Awarded
$47,315 Avg Salary
Schools for a Master's Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region

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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 Far Western US region, there were 782 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,741 and $17,068 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 24 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $61,693 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region” ranking looked at 5 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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Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for far western us region master’s degree consumer science students.

Top 5 Most Focused Master’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Far Western US Region

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Central Washington University
Ellensburg, Washington

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Central Washington University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region. Central Washington University is located in Ellensburg, Washington and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 13 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend California State University - Northridge. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. CSUN is a large school located in Northridge, California that handed out 10 masters’s consumer science degrees 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%.

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San Francisco State University
San Francisco, California

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Francisco State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region list. Located in San Francisco, California, this large public school handed out 1 degrees to qualified masters’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Washington - Seattle Campus landed the #4 spot on the list. UW Seattle is located in Seattle, Washington and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.1%, 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 93%.

Full University of Washington - Seattle Campus General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend California State University - Long Beach. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Far Western US Region. This large school is located in Long Beach, California, and it awarded 445 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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