2023 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
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When pursuing a degree in today’s world, veterans have many different options to choose from. At College Factual, we’re committed to helping you make that decision by providing information such as that found in our “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s” ranking.
In 2020-2021, 2,906 people earned their degree in general family and consumer sciences, making the major the 168th most popular in the United States. 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 Southwest region, there were 540 general family and consumer sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $31,370 and $26,824 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s” ranking looked at 3 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in general family and consumer sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality general family and consumer sciences programs as well as strong veteran support.
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. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Since the program you select can have a significant impact on your future, we’ve developed a number of rankings, including this “Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s” list, to help you choose the best school for you.
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Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s
The colleges and universities below are the best for southwest region master’s degree vets studying consumer science.
Top 3 Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in the Southwest Region
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of New Mexico - Main Campus. The school came in at #1 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s. This large school is located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and it awarded 4 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
UNM did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #2 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Our most recent data shows that 1 of the 22,311 students enrolled at University of New Mexico - Main Campus were GI Bill® students, of which 0 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $0. To help with additional expenses, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Stephen F Austin State University. The school came in at #2 for the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s. Nacogdoches, Texas is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out masters’s consumer science degrees to 17 students in 2020-2021.
As a testament to the quality of education offered at SFASU, the school also landed the #1 spot in our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” ranking.Our most recent data shows that 427 of the 12,620 students enrolled at Stephen F Austin State University were GI Bill® students, of which 177 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $7,500. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
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Out of the 3 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in the Southwest Region for Consumer Science for a Master’s that were part of this year’s ranking, Prairie View A & M University landed the #3 spot on the list. PVAMU is a medium-sized school located in Prairie View, Texas that handed out 9 masters’s consumer science degrees in 2020-2021.
PVAMU did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our “Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in the Southwest Region” list.Of the 9,248 students enrolled at PVAMU, 571 were GI Bill® students, according to our most recent data. Out of that number, 156 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,470. During this same period, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
[Read full report on veteran student life at Prairie View A & M University]](/colleges/prairie-view-a-and-m-university/student-life/veterans/)
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Notes and References
References
- 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 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).
- Veteran-specific data can be found at the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs.
- Information about the national average student loan default rate is from the U.S. Department of Education and refers to data about the 2016 borrower cohort tracking period for which the cohort default rate (CDR) was 10.1%.
Read more about our data sources and methodologies
- *Avg Salary and Avg 4-Year Grad Rate are for the top schools only.
- **GI Bill® student total includes all chapters of the GI Bill® program (e.g., Post-9/11, Montgomery GI Bill, Reserve Education Assistance Program, and Veteran Readiness and Employment)
- Some schools otherwise deserving of recognition may have been removed from this ranking in the event that new data identified post-publication warranted it, or at the request of the school.
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