2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
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Ranked Colleges
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Degrees Awarded
$32,823
Avg Salary
When it comes to choosing a college, veterans have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences 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 Connecticut, there were 652 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $33,376 and $28,586 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 291 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $42,551 and $25,342 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer and human sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the family, consumer and human sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Bachelor’s” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 2 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Connecticut
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Connecticut. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Bachelor’s. Located in Storrs, Connecticut, this large public school awarded 170 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family, consumer and human sciences students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at UCONN, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 27,215 students enrolled at University of Connecticut were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 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.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Connecticut]](/colleges/university-of-connecticut/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Post University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Connecticut for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Bachelor’s list. Post University is a private for-profit institution located in Waterbury, Connecticut. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 77 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Post University did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in Connecticut” list.Of the 13,844 students enrolled at Post University, 1,029 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 736 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,975. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Post University does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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