by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students 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 “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 55,820 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,354 and had an average of $23,570 in loans still to pay off.
Across the New England region, there were 1,883 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,701 and $23,974 respectively. At the associate degree level specifically, there were 275 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $38,618 and $16,599 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region” ranking, we looked at 12 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in family, consumer and human sciences.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Post University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region. Located in Waterbury, Connecticut, this fairly large private for-profit school handed out 165 diplomas to qualified associates’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, North Shore Community College landed the #2 spot on the list. North Shore Community College is a small school located in Danvers, Massachusetts that handed out 36 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Three Rivers Community College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Three Rivers Community College is a small public school situated in Norwich, Connecticut. It awarded 11 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Holyoke Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region. This small school is located in Holyoke, Massachusetts, and it awarded 18 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 12 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mount Wachusett Community College landed the #5 spot on the list. Mount Wachusett Community College is a small public school situated in Gardner, Massachusetts. It awarded 11 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 9 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
Full Mount Wachusett Community College Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report
Massasoit Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking, coming in at #6. Brockton, Massachusetts is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.
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Manchester Community College landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Located in Manchester, Connecticut, this small public school handed out 11 degrees to qualified associates’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Tunxis Community College came in at #8 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Tunxis Community College is a small public school situated in Farmington, Connecticut. It awarded 6 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Goodwin College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. This small school is located in East Hartford, Connecticut, and it awarded 4 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
Manchester Community College came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region ranking. Manchester Community College is a small public school situated in Manchester, New Hampshire. It awarded 0 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Community College of Rhode Island ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Located in Warwick, Rhode Island, this fairly large public school handed out 0 degrees to qualified associates’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #10, Pine Manor College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the New England Region list. Pine Manor is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. It awarded 0 associates’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.
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