by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Master’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 master’s degree level specifically, there were 43 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $56,204 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region” ranking looked at 8 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 southwest region master’s degree consumer science students.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Stephen F Austin State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Nacogdoches, Texas, this fairly large public school handed out 17 diplomas to qualified masters’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Stephen F Austin State University
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Prairie View A & M University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region. PVAMU is a medium-sized public school situated in Prairie View, Texas. It awarded 9 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Prairie View A & M University
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Texas A&M University - Kingsville. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Texas A&M Kingsville is located in Kingsville, Texas and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Texas A&M Kingsville
Out of the 8 schools in the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Southern University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Houston, Texas, this medium-sized public school handed out 3 diplomas to qualified masters’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. University of New Mexico - Main Campus is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 masters’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of New Mexico - Main Campus
With a ranking of #6, Lamar University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Lamar University is a fairly large school located in Beaumont, Texas that handed out 2 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.3% 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%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Lamar University
With a ranking of #7, Sam Houston State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region list. Located in Huntsville, Texas, this large public school handed out 17 degrees to qualified masters’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Full Sam Houston State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Our Lady of the Lake University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Master’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region ranking. OLLU is located in San Antonio, Texas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 masters’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Full Our Lady of the Lake University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
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