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 Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia” 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 Virginia, there were 1,766 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $27,119 and $20,755 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 831 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $39,553 and $27,844 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia” ranking analyzed 10 colleges that offered 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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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia”.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Southern Virginia University landed the #1 spot on the list. Southern Virginia University is located in Buena Vista, Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.
Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Virginia Tech landed the #2 spot on the list. Virginia Tech is a large school located in Blacksburg, Virginia that handed out 585 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 93%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Bridgewater College landed the #3 spot on the list. Bridgewater College 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 school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Virginia State University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia list. Located in Petersburg, Virginia, this small public school awarded 18 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 10 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia that were part of this year’s ranking, Norfolk State University landed the #5 spot on the list. Norfolk, Virginia is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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University of Virginia - Main Campus ranked #6 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia list. Charlottesville, Virginia is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 50 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.7% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
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James Madison University came in at #7 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia ranking. James Madison University is a large public school situated in Harrisonburg, Virginia. It awarded 25 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 89%.
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Liberty University ranked #8 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia list. Liberty University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Lynchburg, Virginia. The school has a large population, and it awarded 91 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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George Mason University ranked #9 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia list. George Mason University is located in Fairfax, Virginia and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 17 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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Radford University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Virginia ranking, coming in at #10. Radford is a medium-sized school located in Radford, Virginia that handed out 2 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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