General Family & Consumer Sciences is about average in terms of popularity for doctor's degrees programs. That is, it ranks #157 out of the 306 majors across the country that we analyze each year. As such, the degree program isn't offered at every college in the United States, but there are schools that do have a program in the field that are top-notch when it comes to quality.
There was only one school in the United States to review for the 2025 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools ranking. If you would like to see more options to choose from, check out the Best Doctor's Degree Schools in the United States ranking..
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we've developed the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Doctor's Degree Schools ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
Best Schools for Doctorate Students to Study General Family & Consumer Sciences in the United States
The following list ranks the best colleges and universities for pursuing a doctor's degree in general family & consumer sciences.
General Family & Consumer Sciences Related Rankings by Major
One of 8 majors within the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences area of study, General Family & Consumer Sciences has other similar majors worth exploring.
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).