2023 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$24,626
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
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 Utah, there were 15 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $24,626 and $12,124 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 7 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,652 and $24,483 respectively.
This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s” list to help you make the college decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for utah bachelor’s degree vets studying consumer science.
Top 1 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Utah
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Brigham Young University - Provo. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Utah for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s. BYU is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 6 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU also took the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Utah” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 368 of the 36,461 students enrolled at Brigham Young University - Provo were GI Bill® students, of which 220 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,856. During this same period, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Brigham Young University - Provo does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Brigham Young University - Provo]](/colleges/brigham-young-university-provo/student-life/veterans/)
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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