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2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students

39 Colleges
2,304 Bachelor's Degrees
$24,553 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional StudentsIn <nil>, 2,304 people earned their bachelor's in general family & consumer sciences, making the major the #127 most popular in the United States.

For this year's Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students ranking, we looked at 39 colleges that offer a bachelor's in consumer science. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family & consumer sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family & consumer sciences program at the school, affordability, and non-traditional population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the United States

Check out the consumer science programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.

Top 10 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Eastern Illinois University has taken the #1 spot in this year's general family & consumer sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the town of Charleston, EIU is a public school with a moderately-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at EIU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences ranking.

The student loan default rate at EIU is lower than is typical, just 2.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,449 students at EIU that take at least one class online. 3,894 students are part time.

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The #2 spot in this year's ranking belongs to The University of Alabama. Located in the small city of Tuscaloosa, UA is a public school with a very large student population. UA not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences list.

About 1.2% of UA students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 9,339 students at UA that take at least one class online. 6,421 students are part time.

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Illinois State University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal. Illinois State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.7%. Approximately 7,464 students take at least one class online at Illinois State. 2,500 of Illinois State students are attending part time.

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San Francisco State University comes in at #4 in this year's ranking. SFSU is a fairly large public school located in the city of San Francisco. SFSU also made our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences list, coming in at #8.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.8%. 14,003 of SFSU students are exclusively distance learners. 6,034 of SFSU students are attending part time.

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Our rankings recognize Texas Tech University as the #5 school in this year's rankings. Located in the city of Lubbock, Texas Tech is a public college with a fairly large student population. Texas Tech not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.4%. Approximately 22,394 students take at least one class online at Texas Tech. There are roughly 7,077 part time students in attendance at Texas Tech.

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SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

SUNY Oneonta landed the #6 spot in our 2021 best general family & consumer sciences schools for non-traditional students. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Oneonta. SUNY Oneonta not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences list.

About 0.8% of SUNY Oneonta students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 3,933 students at SUNY Oneonta that take at least one class online. 513 of SUNY Oneonta students are attending part time.

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Stephen F Austin State University earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the town of Nacogdoches, SFASU is a public college with a fairly large student population.

About 2.1% of SFASU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 6,979 students at SFASU that take at least one class online. 3,007 of SFASU students are attending part time.

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California State University - Sacramento landed the #8 spot in our 2021 best general family & consumer sciences schools for non-traditional students. Sac State is a very large public school located in the city of Sacramento.

The student loan default rate at Sac State is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 16,876 students at Sac State that take at least one class online. About 7,378 of the students at Sac State are attending part time.

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The #9 spot in this year's ranking belongs to South Carolina State University. South Carolina State University is a small public school located in the distant town of Orangeburg.

Approximately 999 students take at least one class online at South Carolina State University. There are roughly 346 part time students in attendance at South Carolina State University.

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California State University - Long Beach earned the #10 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the city of Long Beach, CSULB is a public college with a fairly large student population. CSULB did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #9 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences list.

About 0.8% of CSULB students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 24,806 students at CSULB that take at least one class online. 8,046 students are part time.

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General Family & Consumer Sciences by Region

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One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, General Family & Consumer Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.

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