2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Washington

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Washington” ranking is part of that endeavor.

In 2020-2021, 55,820 people earned their degree in family, consumer and human sciences, making the major the 22nd most popular in the United States. 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 Washington, there were 658 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,733 and $21,185 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 4 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,201 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Washington” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Washington

The colleges and universities below are the best for washington doctor’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students.

Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Washington

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Washington State University
Pullman, Washington

#3 overall quality in Washington

Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Washington that were part of this year’s ranking, Washington State University landed the #1 spot on the list. Washington State University is a large school located in Pullman, Washington that handed out 2 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.3%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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University of Washington - Seattle Campus
Seattle, Washington

#1 overall quality in Washington

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Washington - Seattle Campus. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Washington list. Located in Seattle, Washington, this large public school awarded 2 diplomas to qualified doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.

Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.1% 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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Notes and References

References

• The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a branch of the U.S. Department of Education (DOE) serves as the core of our data about colleges.
• Some other college data, including much of the graduate earnings data, comes from the U.S. Department of Education’s (College Scorecard).
• Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
• Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.

Credits

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