by our College Data Analytics Team
It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for students. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
General Family & Consumer Sciences is the 168th most popular major in the country with 2,780 degrees awarded in 2021-2022. In , general family & consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in , earned an average of $30,445 and had an average of $25,358 in loans still to pay off.
Across Illinois, there were 94 general family & consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,125 and $21,232 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 64 general family & consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,374 and $23,086 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family & consumer sciences. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their general family & consumer sciences program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
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When choosing the right school for you, it’s important to arm yourself with all the facts you can. To that end, we’ve created a number of major-specific rankings, including this “Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois” list to help you make the college decision.
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The colleges and universities below are the best for illinois bachelor’s degree consumer science students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Eastern Illinois University. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois. EIU is a medium-sized public school situated in Charleston, Illinois. It awarded 33 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Illinois State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois. Located in Normal, Illinois, this large public school awarded 30 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 1.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Olivet Nazarene University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois list. Olivet Nazarene is a small school located in Bourbonnais, Illinois that handed out 1 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.8%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Western Illinois University. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois list. This medium-sized school is located in Macomb, Illinois, and it awarded 0 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.2%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Out of the 5 schools in the Schools for a Bachelor’s Highly Focused on Consumer Science Major in Illinois that were part of this year’s ranking, Bradley University landed the #5 spot on the list. Bradley is a medium-sized school located in Peoria, Illinois that handed out 0 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2021-2022.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 87%. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.9%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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