2024 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for bachelor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #20 out of the 38 majors across the country that we analyze each year. So, you may have to do some digging around to find quality schools that offer the degree program. This list can help with that.

For its 2024 ranking, College Factual looked at 2 schools in Massachusetts to determine which ones were the best for family, consumer & human sciences students pursuing a bachelor's degree. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 257 bachelor's degrees in family, consumer & human sciences during the 2020-2021 academic year.

What's on this page: * Our Methodology

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Average Early-Career Salaries

Average early-career salary of those graduating with their bachelor's degree is one indicator we use in our analysis to find the schools that offer the highest-quality education. After all, your bachelor's degree won't mean much if it doesn't help you find a job that will help you earn a living.

Other Factors We Consider

The metrics below are just some of the other metrics that we use to determine our rankings.

• Major Focus - How many resources a school devotes to family, consumer & human sciences students as compared to other majors.
• Major Demand - How many other family, consumer & human sciences students want to attend this school to pursue a bachelor's degree.
• Educational Resources - How many resources are allocated to students. These resources may include educational expenditures per student, number of students per instructor, and graduation rate among other things.
• Student Debt - How much debt family, consumer & human sciences students go into to obtain their bachelor's degree and how well they are able to pay back that debt.
• Accreditation - Whether a school is regionally accredited and/or accredited by a recognized family, consumer & human sciences related body.

Our complete ranking methodology documents in more detail how we consider these factors to identify the best colleges for family, consumer & human sciences students working on their bachelor's degree.

More Ways to Rank Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools

When choosing the right school for you, it's important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we've created a number of major-specific rankings, including this Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in Massachusetts list to help you make the college decision.

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Best Schools for Bachelor’s Students to Study Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in Massachusetts

Learn about the top ranked colleges and universities for family, consumer & human sciences students seeking a a bachelor's degree.

Top Massachusetts Schools for a Bachelor's in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

1

Merrimack College
North Andover, MA

110 Annual Graduates

Every student who is interested in a bachelor's degree in family, consumer & human sciences needs to take a look at Merrimack College. Merrimack is a moderately-sized private not-for-profit college located in the large suburb of North Andover.More information about a bachelor’s in family, consumer & human sciences from Merrimack College

2

Framingham State University
Framingham, MA

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

81 Annual Graduates

Framingham State University is one of the best schools in the United States for getting a bachelor's degree in family, consumer & human sciences. Located in the small city of Framingham, Framingham State is a public university with a small student population.More information about a bachelor’s in family, consumer & human sciences from Framingham State University

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire	32	84
Vermont	32	24
Maine	32	56
Rhode Island	32	470
Connecticut	31	291

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Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Majors to Study

Major	Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies	192
Food, Nutrition & Related Services	35
Textile & Apparel Studies	30

Most Popular Related Majors

Related Major	Annual Graduates
Social Sciences	6,889
Communication & Journalism	2,729
English Language & Literature	1,553
History	1,056
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	869
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	813
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	555
Philosophy & Religious Studies	457
Theology & Religious Vocations	82

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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).
• Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute. More about our data sources and methodologies.