2023 Most Popular Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in North Carolina

Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.

Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General is the 226th most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021.

Across North Carolina, there were 134 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

For this year’s “Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina” ranking, we looked at 3 colleges that offer 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 North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for north carolina family studies students.

Top 3 Most Popular Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in North Carolina

1

North Carolina Central University
Durham, North Carolina

$37,008 Average Early-Career Earnings

$34,496 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend North Carolina Central University. The school came in at #1 for the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina. Located in Durham, North Carolina, this medium-sized public school handed out 104 diplomas to qualified ’s family studies students in 2020-2021.

Full North Carolina Central University Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Report

2

North Carolina A & T State University
Greensboro, North Carolina

$43,182 Average Early-Career Earnings

$29,995 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, North Carolina A & T State University landed the #2 spot on the list. NC A&T is located in Greensboro, North Carolina and, has a fairly large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 26 ’s family studies degrees to qualified students.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at NC A&T

3

Meredith College
Raleigh, North Carolina

#13 overall quality in North Carolina

$33,979 Average Early-Career Earnings

$26,288 Average Student Debt

Out of the 3 schools in the Most Well Attended Family Studies Major in North Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, Meredith College landed the #3 spot on the list. This small school is located in Raleigh, North Carolina, and it awarded 4 ’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%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Read more about Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General at Meredith

• Most Popular Colleges for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in the Southeast Region
• Most Popular 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.

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