2023 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate” ranking - to help you make that decision.
General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 168th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. 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.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 7 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate”.
Top 7 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate. University of Wisconsin - Madison is a large school located in Madison, Wisconsin that handed out 5 doctorate’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
UW - Madison did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 44,640 students enrolled at University of Wisconsin - Madison, 4 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Wisconsin - Madison 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 95%. 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 University of Wisconsin - Madison]](/colleges/university-of-wisconsin-madison/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Missouri - Columbia. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate. Mizzou is located in Columbia, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 8 doctorate’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Mizzou also took the #3 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.According to our most recent data, University of Missouri - Columbia supports 31,089 students, and 5 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 5 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $3,384. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. University of Missouri - Columbia offers credit for military training for eligible students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%. 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%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Florida State University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate. Florida State University is located in Tallahassee, Florida and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 doctorate’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at Florida State, the school also landed the #6 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 8 of the 43,569 students enrolled at Florida State University were GI Bill® students, of which 8 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $6,819. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Kansas State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate list. Kansas State University is a large school located in Manhattan, Kansas that handed out 13 doctorate’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at K -State, the school also landed the #2 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” ranking.Among the 20,854 students enrolled at K -State, 1,099 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 647 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,562. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Kansas State University]](/colleges/kansas-state-university/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Oklahoma State University - Main Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate list. Stillwater, Oklahoma is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s consumer science degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
OSU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Of the 24,535 students enrolled at OSU, 1,038 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 439 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $7,226. In addition to receiving other benefits, 39 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at OSU]](/colleges/oklahoma-state-university-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
With a ranking of #6, University of New Mexico - Main Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate list. Located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, this large public school awarded 1 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
UNM not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #7 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.According to our most recent data, UNM supports 22,311 students, and 1 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 0 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of New Mexico - Main Campus]](/colleges/university-of-new-mexico-main-campus/student-life/veterans/)
Brigham Young University - Provo did quite well in the 2023 Most Veteran Friendly for Consumer Science for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #7. Brigham Young University - Provo is a large school located in Provo, Utah that handed out 1 doctorate’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
BYU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 368 of the 36,461 students enrolled at BYU 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. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 92%.
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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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