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2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

5 Colleges
554 Bachelor's Degrees
$23,969 Avg Cost*

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

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

For this year's Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region ranking, we looked at 5 colleges that offer a bachelor's in consumer science. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have great general family & consumer sciences programs and a strong support system for non-traditional students.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the general family & consumer sciences program at the school. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.

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2021 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Southwest Region

The following schools top our list of the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

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

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Texas Tech University tops the 2021 list of our schools in the Southwest Region that are best for non-traditional general family & consumer sciences students. Texas Tech is a very large public school located in the large city of Lubbock. Texas Tech did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southwest Region list.

The student loan default rate at Texas Tech is lower than is typical, just 1.4% of students default in three years. There are approximately 22,394 students at Texas Tech that take at least one class online. 7,077 of Texas Tech students are attending part time.

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Stephen F Austin State University landed the #2 spot in our 2021 best general family & consumer sciences schools for non-traditional students. SFASU is a large public school located in the town of Nacogdoches. As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #2 rank in our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southwest Region ranking.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 2.1%. Approximately 6,979 students take at least one class online at SFASU. 3,007 students are part time.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Sam Houston State University. SHSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Huntsville. SHSU also took the #3 spot in our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southwest Region rankings.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 1.2%. Approximately 8,795 students take at least one class online at SHSU. 6,353 students are part time.

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4

Northeastern State University earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. Located in the remote town of Tahlequah, NSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at NSU, the school also landed the #5 rank in our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southwest Region ranking.

The student loan default rate at NSU is lower than is typical, just 0.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,922 students at NSU that take at least one class online. About 2,577 of the students at NSU are attending part time.

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Texas Southern University comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Houston, TSU is a public college with a medium-sized student population. TSU not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for General Family & Consumer Sciences in the Southwest Region list.

About 2.1% of TSU students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 2,154 students take at least one class online at TSU. About 1,334 of the students at TSU are attending part time.

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

Explore the best for non-traditional students general family & consumer sciences schools for a specific state in the Southwest region.

State Degrees Awarded
Texas 433
Oklahoma 10
New Mexico 24

General Family & Consumer Sciences is one of 8 different types of Family, Consumer & Human Sciences programs to choose from.

Notes and References

Footnotes

*Avg Cost is for the top 5 schools only.

References

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