2023 Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region

When pursuing a degree in today’s world, students have many different options to choose from. College Factual was founded, in part, to help students make the decision as to what would be the best school for them. Our “Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region” ranking is part of that endeavor.

Family & Community Services is the 377th most popular major in the country with 1,263 degrees awarded in 2021-2022.

Across the Plains States region, there were 84 family & community services graduates with average earnings and debt of $0 and $0 respectively.

This year’s “Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region” ranking looked at 5 colleges that offer degrees in a bachelor’s in family & community services. That schools that top this list have a program in family & community services in which the largest percentage of students at the school are enrolled.

See our ranking methodology to learn more.

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The family and community services 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 “Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region”.

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Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region

The colleges and universities below are the best for plains states region family and community services students.

Top 5 Most Focused Colleges for Family & Community Services in the Plains States Region

1

University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, Iowa

#25 overall quality in Plains States

$40,810 Average Early-Career Earnings

$20,888 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend University of Northern Iowa. The school came in at #1 for the Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region. This medium-sized school is located in Cedar Falls, Iowa, and it awarded 36 ’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.

The low undergrad student loan default rate of 1.1% 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 University of Northern Iowa Family & Community Services Report

2

Iowa State University
Ames, Iowa

#6 overall quality in Plains States

$48,142 Average Early-Career Earnings

$23,548 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend Iowa State University. The school came in at #2 for the Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region. Ames, Iowa is the setting for this large institution of higher learning. The public school handed out ’s family and community services degrees to 23 students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. Students who start out at the school are likely to stick around. The freshman retention rate is 88%.

Read more about Family & Community Services at Iowa State

4

Kansas State University
Manhattan, Kansas

$45,255 Average Early-Career Earnings

$25,280 Average Student Debt

Out of the 5 schools in the Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Kansas State University landed the #4 spot on the list. Located in Manhattan, Kansas, this fairly large public school handed out 2 degrees to qualified ’s family and community services students in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.9%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%. The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 86%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year.

Full Kansas State University Family & Community Services Report

5

South Dakota State University
Brookings, South Dakota

$45,741 Average Early-Career Earnings

$24,954 Average Student Debt

You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around if you attend South Dakota State University. The school came in at #5 for the Schools Highly Focused on Family and Community Services Major in the Plains States Region. This fairly large school is located in Brookings, South Dakota, and it awarded 1 ’s family and community services degrees in 2021-2022.

The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only 0.7%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.

Read more about Family & Community Services at South Dakota State

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

Footnotes

• *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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