by our College Data Analytics Team
When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. 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 Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” 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 2,906 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, general family and consumer sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $30,445 and had an average of $27,314 in loans still to pay off.
Across the Great Lakes region, there were 204 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $35,646 and $28,535 respectively.
This year’s “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region” ranking analyzed 16 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. To top this list, a school must have a successful general family and consumer sciences program that graduates more students in the field than other colleges that offer the same major.
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The consumer science school you choose to invest your time and money in matters. To help you make the decision that is right for you, we’ve developed a number of major-specific rankings, including this list of “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region”.
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 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. EIU is a public institution located in Charleston, Illinois. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 71 ’s degrees in 2020-2021.
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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 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Illinois State is located in Normal, Illinois and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 57 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Wisconsin - Madison. The school came in at #3 for the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Located in Madison, Wisconsin, this large public school handed out 32 diplomas to qualified ’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
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%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 95%.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Miami University - Oxford. The school came in at #4 for the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region. Miami University - Oxford is a fairly large public school situated in Oxford, Ohio. It awarded 23 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 88%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 4.0%, 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 Ohio University - Athens Campus. It ranked #5 on our 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. Athens, Ohio is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s consumer science degrees to 9 students in 2020-2021.
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Vincennes University landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Vincennes, Indiana, this fairly large public school awarded 5 degrees to qualified ’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Full Vincennes University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Purdue University - Main Campus came in at #6 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Purdue University - Main Campus is located in West Lafayette, Indiana and, has a large student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 5 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 93%. The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.7% 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%.
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Olivet Nazarene University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Olivet Nazarene University is located in Bourbonnais, Illinois and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 1 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.7%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
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Western Illinois University landed the #8 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in Macomb, Illinois, this medium-sized public school handed out 1 diplomas to qualified ’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
Bradley University landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This medium-sized school is located in Peoria, Illinois, and it awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 2.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students.
Full Bradley University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
Ohio University - Eastern Campus ranked #10 on this year’s Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. This small school is located in Saint Clairsville, Ohio, and it awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Madonna University did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Madonna is a small private not-for-profit school situated in Livonia, Michigan. It awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ohio University - Lancaster Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Ohio University - Lancaster Campus is located in Lancaster, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
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Ohio University - Southern Campus landed the #10 spot on the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking. This small school is located in Ironton, Ohio, and it awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
Full OHIO Southern General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
With a ranking of #10, Ohio University - Zanesville Campus did quite well on the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region list. OHIO Zanesville is a small public school situated in Zanesville, Ohio. It awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
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Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus did quite well in the 2023 Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in the Great Lakes Region ranking, coming in at #10. Chillicothe, Ohio is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s consumer science degrees to 0 students in 2020-2021.
Full Ohio University - Chillicothe Campus General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
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