by our College Data Analytics Team
Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in South Carolina” ranking.
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 South Carolina, there were 36 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $17,756 and $37,125 respectively.
For this year’s “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in South Carolina” ranking, we looked at 2 colleges that offer 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 following schools top our list of the Best “Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in South Carolina”.
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in South Carolina that were part of this year’s ranking, South Carolina State University landed the #1 spot on the list. South Carolina State University is located in Orangeburg, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 36 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
Full South Carolina State University General Family & Consumer Sciences Report
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Bob Jones University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Well Attended Consumer Science Major in South Carolina. Bob Jones University is located in Greenville, South Carolina and, has a small student population. In 2020-2021, this school awarded 0 ’s consumer science degrees to qualified students.
With a freshman retention rate of 86%, the school does an excellent job of retaining its undergraduate students. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.6%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
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