2021 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
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Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
For this year's Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region ranking, we looked at 6 colleges that offer a bachelor's in family, consumer & human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer & human sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the family, consumer & human sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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2021 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the New England Region
The following schools top our list of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.
Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students
University of Connecticut tops the 2021 list of our schools in the New England Region that are best for non-traditional family, consumer & human sciences students. Located in the large suburb of Storrs, UCONN is a public college with a very large student population. UCONN also took the #1 spot in our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region rankings.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.9%. Approximately 11,648 students take at least one class online at UCONN. 3,257 of UCONN students are attending part time.
Our rankings recognize University of Rhode Island as the #2 school in this year's rankings. Located in the suburb of Kingston, URI is a public school with a large student population. URI also took the #2 spot in our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region rankings.
About 1.5% of URI students default on their loans in three years, which is lower than average. Approximately 5,504 students take at least one class online at URI. 2,982 of URI students are attending part time.
Framingham State University comes in at #3 in this year's ranking. Located in the city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public college with a small student population. As a testament to the quality of education offered at Framingham State, the school also landed the #6 rank in our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region ranking.
The student loan default rate at Framingham State is lower than is typical, just 2.3% of students default in three years. 1,621 students at Framingham State are exclusively online. There are roughly 1,657 part time students in attendance at Framingham State.
University of New Hampshire - Main Campus earned the #4 spot in our 2021 rankings. UNH is a large public school located in the suburb of Durham. UNH also made our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region list, coming in at #3.
The student loan default rate at UNH is lower than is typical, just 1.0% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,625 students at UNH that take at least one class online. 1,355 of UNH students are attending part time.
University of Maine earned the #5 spot in our 2021 rankings. UMaine is a fairly large public school located in the small suburb of Orono. UMaine also made our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region list, coming in at #5.
The student loan default rate at UMaine is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. There are approximately 5,820 students at UMaine that take at least one class online. 3,614 of UMaine students are attending part time.
Post University earned the #6 spot in our 2021 rankings. Post University is a large private for-profit school located in the midsize suburb of Waterbury. Post University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #7 on our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the New England Region list.
The school has a low student loan default rate of 5.2%. 13,026 students at Post University are exclusively online. There are roughly 8,163 part time students in attendance at Post University.
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 the rest 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).
