by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas” ranking - to help you make that decision.
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 Arkansas, there were 66 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $30,616 and $31,000 respectively.
This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in general family and consumer sciences.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for arkansas consumer science students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff landed the #1 spot on the list. UAPB is located in Pine Bluff, Arkansas and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Arkansas landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Conway, Arkansas, and it awarded 44 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at University of Central Arkansas
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Henderson State University. The school came in at #3 for the Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas. Henderson State University is a small school located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas that handed out 5 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.8% 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%.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, Harding University landed the #4 spot on the list. Harding University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Searcy, Arkansas. It awarded 3 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.1%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Harding
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Arkansas that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Arkansas landed the #5 spot on the list. University of Arkansas is a large school located in Fayetteville, Arkansas that handed out 6 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.1%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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