2023 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Most Veteran Friendly for Family Studies for an Associate” ranking is part of that endeavor.
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.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 83 general family and consumer sciences/human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,806 and $19,336 respectively.
Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences/human sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as veteran satisfaction, veteran affordability, and overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences/human sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
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Most Veteran Friendly for Family Studies for an Associate
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree vets studying family studies.
Top 1 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Associate Degree Colleges for Veterans
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend San Joaquin Delta College. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly for Family Studies for an Associate. San Joaquin Delta College is a fairly large public school situated in Stockton, California. It awarded 11 associates’s family studies degrees in 2020-2021.
Delta not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Associate Degree Schools” list.Our most recent data shows that 151 of the 18,224 students enrolled at San Joaquin Delta College were GI Bill® students, of which 43 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $812. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- 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
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- 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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