2023 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in District of Columbia

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 “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” ranking is part of that endeavor.

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 District of Columbia, there were 84 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $46,633 and $49,250 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 28 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $47,584 and $27,317 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular family, consumer and human sciences programs in the United States.

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Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s

The colleges and universities below are the best for district of columbia bachelor’s degree family, consumer & human sciences students.

Top 3 Most Popular Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in District of Columbia

1

University of the District of Columbia
Washington, District of Columbia

#8 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of the District of Columbia. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s. Located in Washington, District of Columbia, this small public school handed out 20 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.

Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.

Full University of the District of Columbia Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

2

Howard University
Washington, District of Columbia

#6 overall quality in District of Columbia

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Howard University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s. Washington, District of Columbia is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 8 students in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 90%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Howard University

3

Gallaudet University
Washington, District of Columbia

#5 overall quality in District of Columbia

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in District of Columbia for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Gallaudet University landed the #3 spot on the list. Washington, District of Columbia 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 0 students in 2020-2021.

The impressive undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 6 to 1 means that students may have more opportunities to work more closely with their professors than they would at other schools.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Gallaudet University

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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.

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