by our College Data Analytics Team
With all of the options students have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking.
Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.
Across Illinois, there were 130 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 76 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,117 and $25,584 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. This ranking identifies schools that graduate the most students in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree family studies students.
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Eastern Illinois University landed the #1 spot on the list. Eastern Illinois University is a medium-sized school located in Charleston, Illinois that handed out 48 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Full EIU Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
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 Illinois for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school handed out 26 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.6% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%.
Full Illinois State University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Western Illinois University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Western Illinois University is located in Macomb, Illinois and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Olivet Nazarene University. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s. Olivet Nazarene is a private not-for-profit institution located in Bourbonnais, Illinois. The school has a small population, and it awarded 1 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Olivet Nazarene
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Illinois for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Peoria, Illinois is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The private not-for-profit school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.5% is a good sign that students have an easier time paying off their loans than they might at other schools. For comparison, the national default rate is 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
Full Bradley University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
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