by our College Data Analytics Team
When it comes to choosing a college, students have a lot of options - but not all of them are good. 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 Maryland 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 Maryland, there were 32 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 32 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,642 and $26,517 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 3 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for maryland bachelor’s degree family studies students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #1 spot on the list. This small school is located in Princess Anne, Maryland, and it awarded 21 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s list. Morgan State is located in Baltimore, Maryland and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 11 bachelors’s family studies degrees to qualified students.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in Maryland for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland - College Park landed the #3 spot on the list. UMCP is a large school located in College Park, Maryland that handed out 0 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.8% 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 95%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.
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