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Students have lots of options to chooose from today when trying to decide which college to attend. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major” ranking is part of that endeavor.
In 2021-2022, 1,263 people earned their degree in family & community services, making the major the 377th most popular in the United States.
At the associate degree level specifically, there were 77 family & community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $36,431 and $15,731 respectively.
This year’s “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major” ranking analyzed 23 colleges that offered a degree in family & community services. The colleges and universities that top this list are recognized because their family & community services program is one of the largest majors offered at the school.
Check out our ranking methodology for more information.
One Size Does Not Fit All
Since picking the right college can be one of the most important decisions of your life, we’ve developed the “Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major” ranking, along with many other major-related rankings, to help you make that decision.
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Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major
The colleges and universities below are the best for associate degree family and community services students.
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Corning Community College. The school came in at #1 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major. Corning, New York is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s family and community services degrees to 9 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.2% 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 Family & Community Services at Corning Community College
Out of the 23 schools in the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major that were part of this year’s ranking, Bowling Green State University - Firelands landed the #2 spot on the list. Bowling Green State University - Firelands is located in Huron, Ohio and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 5 associates’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.2%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Full Bowling Green State University - Firelands Family & Community Services Report
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend New River Community and Technical College. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. New River Community and Technical College is located in Beaver, West Virginia and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 10 associates’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at New River Community and Technical College
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Guam Community College. The school came in at #4 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major. GCC is a small public school situated in Mangilao, Guam. It awarded 12 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at GCC
You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Spokane Falls Community College. The school came in at #5 for the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major. Spokane Falls Community College is a small school located in Spokane, Washington that handed out 7 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 Family & Community Services at Spokane Falls Community College
Connors State College landed the #6 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking. This small school is located in Warner, Oklahoma, and it awarded 2 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 0.8%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Connors State College
Snow College ranked #7 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. Snow College is located in Ephraim, Utah and, has a medium-sized student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 8 associates’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
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%.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Snow College
Palomar College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking, coming in at #8. San Marcos, California is the setting for this fairly large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s family and community services degrees to 10 students in 2021-2022.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Palomar College
Phoenix College came in at #9 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking. Phoenix College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 3 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.4%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at Phoenix College
Rogue Community College ranked #10 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. Grants Pass, Oregon is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s family and community services degrees to 6 students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.5%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Rogue Community College Family & Community Services Report
Owens Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking, coming in at #11. Owens Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Perrysburg, Ohio. It awarded 0 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.9% 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 Family & Community Services at Owens State Community College
With a ranking of #12, Rio Salado College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. Located in Tempe, Arizona, this fairly large public school handed out 2 diplomas to qualified associates’s family and community services students in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 3.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Rio Salado College
Paradise Valley Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this medium-sized institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s family and community services degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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%.
Full Paradise Valley Community College Family & Community Services Report
Chandler-Gilbert Community College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking. Chandler-Gilbert Community College is located in Chandler, Arizona and, has a fairly large student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 1.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Chandler-Gilbert Community College
With a ranking of #13, North Country Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. North Country Community College is located in Saranac Lake, New York and, has a small student population. In 2021-2022, this school awarded 0 associates’s family and community services degrees to qualified students.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at North Country Community College
With a ranking of #13, Glendale Community College did quite well on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. This fairly large school is located in Glendale, Arizona, and it awarded 2 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.4% 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 Family & Community Services at Glendale Community College
GateWay Community College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. Phoenix, Arizona is the setting for this small institution of higher learning. The public school handed out associates’s family and community services degrees to 0 students in 2021-2022.
The undergrad student loan default rate at the school is 2.4%, which is quite low when compared to the national default rate of 10.1%.
Read more about Family & Community Services at GateWay Community College
Mesa Community College did quite well in the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking, coming in at #13. Mesa Community College is a public institution located in Mesa, Arizona. The school has a fairly large population, and it awarded 1 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 4.0%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full Mesa Community College Family & Community Services Report
Henry Ford College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. Henry Ford College is a fairly large school located in Dearborn, Michigan that handed out 0 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
Full Henry Ford College Family & Community Services Report
Scottsdale Community College landed the #13 spot on the 2023 Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking. Scottsdale Community College is a public institution located in Scottsdale, Arizona. The school has a medium-sized population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.7% 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%.
Full Scottsdale Community College Family & Community Services Report
Baker College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. Located in Owosso, Michigan, this small private not-for-profit school handed out 29 diplomas to qualified associates’s family and community services students in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 2.2% 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%. Since the school has a undergrad student-to-faculty ratio of 8 to 1, those pursuing a degree will have more opportunities to interact with their professors.
Read more about Family & Community Services at Baker College
South Mountain Community College ranked #13 on this year’s Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major list. South Mountain Community College is a public institution located in Phoenix, Arizona. The school has a small population, and it awarded 0 associates’s degrees in 2021-2022.
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%.
Read full report on Family & Community Services at South Mountain Community College
Estrella Mountain Community College came in at #13 in this year’s edition of the Schools for an Associate Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major ranking. Estrella Mountain Community College is a medium-sized public school situated in Avondale, Arizona. It awarded 0 associates’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.
The low undergrad student loan default rate of 3.3% 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 more about Family & Community Services at Estrella Mountain Community College
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).
- 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.
- 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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