2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual has developed its “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate” ranking as one item you can use to help make this 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 Rocky Mountains region, there were 229 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively. At the doctor’s degree level specifically, there were 1 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $79,087 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree 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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Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate

The colleges and universities below are the best for rocky mountains region doctor’s degree family studies students.

Top 2 Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Rocky Mountains Region

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Brigham Young University - Provo
Provo, Utah

#3 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Brigham Young University - Provo. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate list. BYU is a private not-for-profit institution located in Provo, Utah. The school has a large population, and it awarded 1 doctorate’s degrees in 2020-2021.

With a freshman retention rate of 92%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.3% 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%.

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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah

#9 overall quality in Rocky Mountains

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Utah. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in the Rocky Mountains Region for a Doctorate list. University of Utah is located in Salt Lake City, Utah and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 doctorate’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

With a freshman retention rate of 89%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. 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%.

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• Most Popular Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General

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%.

Read more about our data sources and methodologies

Footnotes

• *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.

Credits

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