2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 Southeast region, there were 859 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,635 and $31,435 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,087 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in general family and consumer sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful general family and consumer sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for southeast region doctor’s degree consumer science students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southeast Region

1

Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

#23 overall quality in Southeast

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Florida State University. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate list. Florida State is a public institution located in Tallahassee, Florida. The school has a large population, and it awarded 5 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Florida State General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

2

Mississippi State University
Mississippi State, Mississippi

Top 15% overall quality in Southeast

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Mississippi State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southeast Region for a Doctorate. Mississippi State is located in Mississippi State, Mississippi and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 doctorate’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 85%.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Mississippi State University

• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences

Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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