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2023 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Southeast Region

106 Ranked Colleges
5,760 Degrees Awarded
$28,092 Avg Salary
Schools for a Bachelor's Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region

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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Southeast region, there were 15,779 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $28,184 and $24,682 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 5,760 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $37,400 and $27,180 respectively.

This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region” ranking analyzed 106 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. That schools that top this list have a program in family, consumer and human sciences in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

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Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region

The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region”.

Top 25 Most Focused Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Southeast Region

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Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte
Charlotte, North Carolina

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Johnson & Wales University - Charlotte. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Charlotte, North Carolina is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 73 students in 2020-2021.

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South Carolina State University
Orangeburg, South Carolina

Out of the 106 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region that were part of this year’s ranking, South Carolina State University landed the #2 spot on the list. South Carolina State University is a small public school situated in Orangeburg, South Carolina. It awarded 39 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Miles College
Fairfield, Alabama

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miles College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Fairfield, Alabama, and it awarded 18 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Point University
West Point, Georgia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Point University. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. Point is a small private not-for-profit school situated in West Point, Georgia. It awarded 21 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Southern Virginia University
Buena Vista, Virginia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Southern Virginia University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region. SVU is a small school located in Buena Vista, Virginia that handed out 17 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Southern Virginia University

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Benedict College
Columbia, South Carolina

With a ranking of #6, Benedict College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Benedict College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 12 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

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Converse College
Spartanburg, South Carolina

With a ranking of #7, Converse College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Converse College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Spartanburg, South Carolina. The school has a small population, and it awarded 27 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Converse College

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Voorhees College
Denmark, South Carolina

With a ranking of #8, Voorhees College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Denmark, South Carolina, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Berea College
Berea, Kentucky

Berea College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #9. Berea is a private not-for-profit institution located in Berea, Kentucky. The school has a small population, and it awarded 19 bachelors’s 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. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 87%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

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Southern Wesleyan University
Central, South Carolina

Southern Wesleyan University came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Southern Wesleyan University is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Central, South Carolina. It awarded 24 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Virginia Tech
Blacksburg, Virginia

Virginia Tech came in at #11 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Virginia Tech is a public institution located in Blacksburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 585 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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The University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama

The University of Alabama landed the #12 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UA is a large school located in Tuscaloosa, Alabama that handed out 571 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees 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 4.0% 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 more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at UA

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Amridge University
Montgomery, Alabama

With a ranking of #13, Amridge University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Amridge is located in Montgomery, Alabama and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 10 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.

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North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina

North Carolina Central University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #14. North Carolina Central University is a medium-sized public school situated in Durham, North Carolina. It awarded 74 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, Virginia

Bridgewater College ranked #15 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Bridgewater is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bridgewater, Virginia. The school has a small population, and it awarded 17 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.2% 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 Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Bridgewater College

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Grambling State University
Grambling, Louisiana

Grambling State University ranked #16 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. GSU is a medium-sized school located in Grambling, Louisiana that handed out 35 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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With a ranking of #17, Savannah College of Art and Design did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. SCAD is a fairly large private not-for-profit school situated in Savannah, Georgia. It awarded 146 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Savannah College of Art and Design

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Winthrop University
Rock Hill, South Carolina

Winthrop University came in at #18 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Winthrop University is a medium-sized school located in Rock Hill, South Carolina that handed out 56 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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John Brown University
Siloam Springs, Arkansas

With a ranking of #19, John Brown University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. This small school is located in Siloam Springs, Arkansas, and it awarded 20 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at JBU

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Florida State University
Tallahassee, Florida

Florida State University came in at #20 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. Tallahassee, Florida is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 473 students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Florida State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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University of North Carolina at Greensboro came in at #21 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large school located in Greensboro, North Carolina that handed out 161 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of North Carolina at Greensboro

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University of Southern Mississippi
Hattiesburg, Mississippi

University of Southern Mississippi did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #22. University of Southern Mississippi is a fairly large school located in Hattiesburg, Mississippi that handed out 113 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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University of Montevallo
Montevallo, Alabama

With a ranking of #23, University of Montevallo did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region list. Montevallo, Alabama is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 18 students in 2020-2021.

Full University of Montevallo Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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University of Georgia
Athens, Georgia

University of Georgia did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #24. This large school is located in Athens, Georgia, and it awarded 403 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 94%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

Full University of Georgia Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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Samford University
Birmingham, Alabama

Samford University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Southeast Region ranking, coming in at #25. This medium-sized school is located in Birmingham, Alabama, and it awarded 52 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

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