by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Well Attended Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.
Family & Community Services is the 377th most popular major in the country with 1,401 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Plains States region, there were 168 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 11 family and community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $55,401 and $0 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family and community services. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in family and community services.
For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
The family and community services 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 “Most Well Attended Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s”.
To further help you make the college decision, we’ve developed a unique tool called College Combat that allows you to compare schools based on the factors that matter the most to you. When you have some time, check it out - you may want to bookmark the link so you don’t forget it.
The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region master’s degree family and community services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Capella University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Located in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this large private for-profit school handed out 7 degrees to qualified masters’s family and community services students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Kansas State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s. Manhattan, Kansas is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family and community services degrees to 4 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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 Most Well Attended Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, South Dakota State University landed the #3 spot on the list. South Dakota State University is a fairly large public school situated in Brookings, South Dakota. It awarded 0 masters’s family and community services degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State University Family & Community Services Report
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