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by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2021-2022, 1,263 people earned their degree in family & community services, making the major the 377th most popular in the United States.
At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 23 family & community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,735 and $124,256 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer a degree in family & community services. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in family & community services.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
We’ve created a tool called College Combat that lets you create your own customized comparisons based on the factors that matter the most to you. Test it out by comparing your favorite schools against others you are considering, or bookmark the tool so you can experiment with it later.
The colleges and universities below are the best for doctor’s degree family and community services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Clemson University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major. Clemson is a large school located in Clemson, South Carolina that handed out 2 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.6% 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%.
Out of the 3 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #3 spot on the list. UMCP is a large public school situated in College Park, Maryland. It awarded 4 doctorate’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
With a freshman retention rate of 95%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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