by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States 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 Plains States region, there were 3,087 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,500 and $24,856 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 1,814 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $41,046 and $29,021 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region” ranking analyzed 36 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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The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region bachelor’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Lincoln University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Lincoln University is a small public school situated in Jefferson City, Missouri. It awarded 26 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Out of the 36 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Mayville State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Mayville, North Dakota is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 15 students in 2020-2021.
Full Mayville State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Dakota State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #3 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. North Dakota State University - Main Campus is located in Fargo, North Dakota and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 181 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, 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 University of Nebraska - Lincoln. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. UNL is a large school located in Lincoln, Nebraska that handed out 326 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 85%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephens College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region. Stephens College is a private not-for-profit institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a small population, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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South Dakota State University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Brookings, South Dakota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 110 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full South Dakota State Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report
University of Nebraska at Kearney landed the #7 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Nebraska at Kearney is a medium-sized public school situated in Kearney, Nebraska. It awarded 46 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.1% 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%.
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With a ranking of #8, Iowa State University did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Iowa State is a large school located in Ames, Iowa that handed out 247 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 89%. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Iowa State University Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report
With a ranking of #9, Central Methodist University - College of Graduate & Extended Studies did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Located in Fayette, Missouri, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 20 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.
Southeast Missouri State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #10. Southeast Missouri State University is a public institution located in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 61 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Kansas State University did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #11. K -State is a large public school situated in Manhattan, Kansas. It awarded 155 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 87%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Concordia University, Saint Paul ranked #12 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This medium-sized school is located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and it awarded 53 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.5% 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%.
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University of Northern Iowa did quite well in the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking, coming in at #13. University of Northern Iowa is a medium-sized school located in Cedar Falls, Iowa that handed out 68 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 86%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Chadron State College came in at #14 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Chadron State College is a public institution located in Chadron, Nebraska. The school has a small population, and it awarded 10 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #15, Missouri State University - Springfield did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This large school is located in Springfield, Missouri, and it awarded 119 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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With a ranking of #16, Wayne State College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Wayne, Nebraska is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.8% 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%.
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College of the Ozarks landed the #17 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Hard Work U is a small school located in Point Lookout, Missouri that handed out 6 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Minnesota State University - Mankato ranked #18 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Mankato, Minnesota is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 48 students in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #19 spot on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. University of Missouri - Columbia is a public institution located in Columbia, Missouri. The school has a large population, and it awarded 112 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
University of Central Missouri 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 Plains States Region ranking. University of Central Missouri is a fairly large public school situated in Warrensburg, Missouri. It awarded 36 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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North Central University ranked #21 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. North Central University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The school has a small population, and it awarded 2 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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Pittsburg State University ranked #22 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Pittsburg State University is a medium-sized school located in Pittsburg, Kansas that handed out 15 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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Waldorf University ranked #23 on this year’s Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. Waldorf University is a small private for-profit school situated in Forest City, Iowa. It awarded 8 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
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With a ranking of #24, University of Saint Mary did quite well on the 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region list. This small school is located in Leavenworth, Kansas, and it awarded 3 bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 5.0% 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%.
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University of Minnesota - Twin Cities came in at #25 in this year’s edition of the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Plains States Region ranking. Minneapolis, Minnesota is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 102 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 93%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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