2025 Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Schools in Illinois

If you plan on majoring in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general, you won't be alone since the degree program is ranked #226 in the country in terms of popularity. So, you have a fair amount of options to choose from when looking for a school.

College Factual reviewed 2 schools in Illinois to determine which ones were the best for degree seekers in the field of family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general. When you put them all together, these colleges and universities awarded 94 degrees in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general annually.

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Pick Your Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Degree Level

Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Schools in Illinois ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision. More interested in schools in a specific area of the country? Filter this list by region or state.

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Best Schools for Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General in Illinois

If you aren't interested in a particular degree level and want to know which schools are the overall best at delivering an education for the family studies degrees they offer, see the list below.

Top Illinois Schools in Family Studies

1

Illinois State University
Normal, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

42 Family Studies Degrees Awarded

Any student pursuing a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general needs to look into Illinois State University. Located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal, Illinois State is a public university with a very large student population.More information about a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general from Illinois State University

2

Eastern Illinois University
Charleston, IL

Master's Degree Highest Degree Type

51 Family Studies Degrees Awarded

Any student who is interested in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general has to take a look at Eastern Illinois University. EIU is a moderately-sized public university located in the remote town of Charleston.More information about a degree in family & consumer sciences/human sciences, general from Eastern Illinois University

Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Colleges in the Great Lakes Region

Explore all the Best Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General Colleges in the Great Lakes Area or other specific states within that region.

State	Colleges	Degrees Awarded
Ohio	939	32
Michigan	915	0
Indiana	737	10
Wisconsin	672	26

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Rankings in Majors Related to Family Studies

One of 0 majors within the General Family & Consumer Sciences area of study, Family & Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences, General has other similar majors worth exploring.

Notes and References

• The bars on the spread charts above show the distribution of the schools on this list +/- one standard deviation from the mean.
• 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 the rest 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).
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