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

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

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 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 doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 5 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,218 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate” ranking looked at 2 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s 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.

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

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate”.

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

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Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Stillwater, Oklahoma

Top 25% overall quality in Southwest

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate. Oklahoma State University - Main Campus is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Read more about General Family & Consumer Sciences at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus

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University of New Mexico - Main Campus
Albuquerque, New Mexico

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Southwest Region for a Doctorate list. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Full UNM General Family & Consumer Sciences Report

• 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.

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