2023 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Southwest Region
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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 2,780 people earned their degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.
Across the Southwest region, there were 654 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 6 family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general graduates with average earnings and debt of $75,912 and $102,180 respectively.
For this year’s “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general. This a ranking of the schools where the largest percentage of students has enrolled in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general.
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Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region
The following schools top our list of the Best “Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region”.
Top 2 Most Focused Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Southwest Region
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Oklahoma State University - Main Campus landed the #1 spot on the list. OSU is a public institution located in Stillwater, Oklahoma. The school has a large population, and it awarded 4 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Oklahoma State University - Main Campus
Out of the 2 schools in the Schools for a Doctorate Highly Focused on Family Studies Major in the Southwest Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of New Mexico - Main Campus landed the #2 spot on the list. UNM is a public institution located in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The school has a large population, and it awarded 2 doctorate’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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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%.
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- *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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