2023 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
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With all of the options veterans have for higher education today, it can be tough to choose which direction to take. College Factual has developed its “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking as one item you can use to help make this decision.
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 Middle Atlantic region, there were 88 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,914 and $25,624 respectively. At the bachelor’s degree level specifically, there were 88 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $40,457 and $25,851 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s” ranking analyzed 5 colleges that offered a degree in general family and consumer sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent general family and consumer sciences programs, but they also offer a lot of support to veterans and active service members.
Some of the factors we look at when determining these rankings are overall quality of the general family and consumer sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. For more information, check out our ranking methodology.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s”.
Top 5 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Middle Atlantic Region
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Queens College. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s list. Queens, New York is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out bachelors’s consumer science degrees to 40 students in 2020-2021.
QC not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 215 of the 19,700 students enrolled at Queens College were GI Bill® students, of which 123 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $3,823. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Queens College does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]% 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%.
[Read full report on veteran student life at QC]](/colleges/cuny-queens-college/student-life/veterans/)
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Morgan State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s list. Morgan State is a public institution located in Baltimore, Maryland. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 11 bachelors’s degrees in 2020-2021.
Morgan State did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Among the 7,634 students enrolled at Morgan State University, 227 are GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 66 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $4,620. During this same period, 2 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, SUNY Oneonta landed the #3 spot on the list. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized school located in Oneonta, New York that handed out 13 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
SUNY Oneonta not only placed well in this ranking. It is also #1 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, SUNY Oneonta supports 6,718 students, and 51 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 20 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $6,756. During this same period, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program. SUNY Oneonta does offer credit for military training for eligible students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full SUNY Oneonta Veteran Student Life Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Indiana University of Pennsylvania - Main Campus. It ranked #4 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s list. Located in Indiana, Pennsylvania, this medium-sized public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified bachelors’s consumer science students in 2020-2021.
IUP did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #4 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.Of the 10,037 students enrolled at IUP, 298 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 109 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $5,600. On top of their other funding sources, 1 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full IUP Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 5 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Middle Atlantic Region for Consumer Science for a Bachelor’s that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Maryland Eastern Shore landed the #5 spot on the list. UMES is a small school located in Princess Anne, Maryland that handed out 21 bachelors’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
UMES did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Middle Atlantic Region” list.According to our most recent data, University of Maryland Eastern Shore supports 2,646 students, and 72 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 23 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,633. To help with additional expenses, 0 students received funds through the Yellow Ribbon Program.
The undergraduate student-to-faculty ratio of 10 to 1 is a sign that students will have more opportunities to engage with their professors one-on-one.
[Read full report on veteran student life at University of Maryland Eastern Shore]](/colleges/university-of-maryland-eastern-shore/student-life/veterans/)
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