2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region
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Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
This year's Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Great Lakes Region ranking looked at 2 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 Great Lakes Region
Check out the consumer science programs at these schools if you want to see which ones are the best for non-traditional students.
Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
Eastern Illinois University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Great Lakes Region that are best for non-traditional general family & consumer sciences students. EIU is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Charleston. EIU also made our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list, coming in at #2.
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. There are roughly 3,894 part time students in attendance at EIU.
Illinois State University earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public school with a fairly large student population. Illinois State not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Great Lakes Region list.
About 1.7% of Illinois State students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 7,464 students take at least one class online at Illinois State. There are roughly 2,500 part time students in attendance at Illinois State.
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 the rest 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).
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