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2023 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Great Lakes Region

7 Ranked Colleges
33 Degrees Awarded
$33,700 Avg Cost*
Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

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 the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” 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 the Great Lakes region, there were 5,176 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,850 and $24,554 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 33 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $74,305 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate” ranking, we looked at 7 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful family, consumer and human sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.

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Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate”.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Ohio State University - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate. This large school is located in Columbus, Ohio, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 94%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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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Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the #2 spot on the list. Madison, Wisconsin is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 5 students in 2020-2021.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 0.9% 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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.

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Wayne State University
Detroit, Michigan

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Wayne State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Wayne State is a large school located in Detroit, Michigan that handed out 5 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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Purdue University - Main Campus
West Lafayette, Indiana

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Purdue University - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate list. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees 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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Michigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan

Out of the 7 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Michigan State University landed the #4 spot on the list. This large school is located in East Lansing, Michigan, and it awarded 3 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 91%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.6% 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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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois

Northwestern University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #6. Northwestern is located in Evanston, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 2 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 97%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.

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Cleveland State University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Doctorate ranking, coming in at #7. This fairly large school is located in Cleveland, Ohio, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.

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