2024 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Illinois

General Family & Consumer Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for degree programs. That is, it ranks #168 out of the 395 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for general family & consumer sciences students pursuing a degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 130 degrees in general family & consumer sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

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Pick Your General Family & Consumer Sciences Degree Level

The consumer science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we've developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in Illinois. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for General Family & Consumer Sciences in Illinois

Although we recommend filtering by degree level first, you can view the list below to see which schools give the educational experience for the consumer science degree levels they offer.

Top Illinois Schools in Consumer Science

1

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

57 Consumer Science Degrees Awarded

28.1% Growth in Graduates

Every student who is interested in general family & consumer sciences needs to check out Illinois State University. Located in the suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population.

Degree recipients from the general family & consumer sciences program at Illinois State University make $5,090 above the typical college grad in this field shortly after graduation.

More information about a degree in general family & consumer sciences from Illinois State University

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Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

71 Consumer Science Degrees Awarded

$34,725 Median Starting Salary

Eastern Illinois University is one of the finest schools in the United States for getting a degree in general family & consumer sciences. EIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the town of Charleston.

Soon after graduating, consumer science degree recipients generally earn around $34,725 in their early careers.

More information about a degree in general family & consumer sciences from Eastern Illinois University

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Michigan	322	0
Ohio	314	32
Indiana	294	10
Wisconsin	273	26

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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.

Consumer Science Focus Areas

Major	Annual Graduates
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General	130

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Most Popular Majors Related to Consumer Science

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies	1,539
Textile & Apparel Studies	72
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	51
Housing	43
Human Sciences Business Services	4

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Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

More about our data sources and methodologies.