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. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
In 2020-2021, 2,906 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences/human sciences, making the major the 226th most popular in the United States.
Across North Carolina, there were 134 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 104 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,368 and $25,940 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina bachelor’s degree family studies students.
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina Central University landed the #1 spot on the list. Durham, North Carolina is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s family studies degrees to 74 students in 2020-2021.
Full North Carolina Central University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. Located in Greensboro, North Carolina, this fairly large public school awarded 26 degrees to qualified bachelors’s family studies students in 2020-2021.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Meredith College. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina for a Bachelor’s. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 bachelors’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 4.1% 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%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Meredith Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report
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