2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains Region
3Colleges
186Bachelor's Degrees
$25,532Avg Cost*
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 Rocky Mountains Region ranking looked at 3 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we've developed a number of rankings, including this Best Consumer Science Schools for Non-Traditional Students list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Rocky Mountains 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
Montana State University has taken the #1 spot in this year's general family & consumer sciences ranking for non-traditional students. MSU Bozeman is a fairly large public school located in the town of Bozeman. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, MSU Bozeman has also earned the #1 rank in our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 1.2% of MSU Bozeman students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. There are approximately 2,510 students at MSU Bozeman that take at least one class online. 3,804 of MSU Bozeman students are attending part time.
University of Wyoming earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. UW is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Laramie. In addition to being on our best for non-traditional students list, UW has also earned the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region ranking.
About 0.9% of UW students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,894 students take at least one class online at UW. About 2,493 of the students at UW are attending part time.
Southern Utah University landed the #3 spot in our 2021 best general family & consumer sciences schools for non-traditional students. Southern Utah University is a large public school located in the town of Cedar City. Southern Utah University not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #3 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Rocky Mountains Region list.
About 2.0% of Southern Utah University students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 4,613 students take at least one class online at Southern Utah University. 4,998 of Southern Utah University students are attending part time.
Non-Traditional Student Rankings in Majors Related to Consumer Science
One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, General Family & Consumer Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
Notes and References
Footnotes
*Avg Cost is for the top 3 schools only.
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 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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