by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. One of our goals at College Factual is to give you as much information as we can - such as our “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking - to help you make that decision.
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 204 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 113 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,343 and $26,790 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 14 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. The schools that top this list are recognized because they have one of the most popular general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs in the United States.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s”.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. Located in Charleston, Illinois, this medium-sized public school awarded 48 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Illinois State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Illinois State University is a public institution located in Normal, Illinois. The school has a large population, and it awarded 26 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 3.6%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Illinois State Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Miami University - Oxford. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Oxford, Ohio, this fairly large public school handed out 23 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This large school is located in Athens, Ohio, and it awarded 9 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Purdue University - Main Campus. The school came in at #5 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s. This large school is located in West Lafayette, Indiana, and it awarded 5 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.7%, which is much lower than the national 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.
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Olivet Nazarene University ranked #6 on this year’s Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. This small school is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Western Illinois University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Macomb, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 1 students in 2020-2021.
Madonna University ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Madonna University is a private not-for-profit institution located in Livonia, Michigan. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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Bradley University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking, coming in at #8. Located in Peoria, Illinois, this medium-sized private not-for-profit school awarded 0 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.5%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Ohio University - Southern Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Ohio University - Southern Campus is a small school located in Ironton, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ohio University - Zanesville Campus landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s ranking. Zanesville, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Zanesville Campus Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
With a ranking of #8, Ohio University - Lancaster Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Ohio University - Lancaster Campus is located in Lancaster, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.
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With a ranking of #8, Ohio University - Eastern Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. Ohio University - Eastern Campus is a small school located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio that handed out 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Read full report on Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at OHIO Eastern
Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus ranked #8 on this year’s Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Great Lakes Region for a Bachelor’s list. OHIO Chillicothe is a small public school situated in Chillicothe, Ohio. It awarded 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
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