2023 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Missouri

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking.

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 Missouri, there were 667 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,788 and $25,064 respectively. At the master’s degree level specifically, there were 70 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $53,301 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in family, consumer and human sciences.

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Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s

The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s”.

Top 3 Most Popular Master’s Degree Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Missouri

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Missouri State University - Springfield
Springfield, Missouri

#9 overall quality in Missouri

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Missouri State University - Springfield. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s list. Missouri State University - Springfield is located in Springfield, Missouri and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 33 masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to qualified students.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.9% 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%.

Full Missouri State University - Springfield Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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University of Missouri - Columbia
Columbia, Missouri

#4 overall quality in Missouri

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Missouri - Columbia landed the #2 spot on the list. Columbia, Missouri is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 24 students in 2020-2021.

The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 89%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Full Mizzou Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Report

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University of Central Missouri
Warrensburg, Missouri

#21 overall quality in Missouri

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Major in Missouri for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Central Missouri landed the #3 spot on the list. Warrensburg, Missouri is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees to 13 students in 2020-2021.

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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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