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2021 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

18 Colleges
1,869 Bachelor's Degrees
$29,229 Avg Cost*

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

This year's Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region ranking looked at 18 colleges that offer a bachelor's in family, consumer & human sciences. This ranking identifies schools with high-quality family, consumer & human sciences programs as well as strong support for students classified as non-traditional.

To come up with these rankings, we looked at factors such as affordability, and overall quality of the family, consumer & human sciences program at the school. Check out our ranking methodology for more information.

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2021 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students in the Middle Atlantic Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges for Non-Traditional Students.

Top 10 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools for Non-Traditional Students

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Cornell University has taken the #1 spot in this year's family, consumer & human sciences ranking for non-traditional students. Located in the small city of Ithaca, Cornell is a private not-for-profit school with a very large student population. Cornell not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #1 on our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 0.4%. Approximately 2,837 students take at least one class online at Cornell. 574 students are part time.

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Fashion Institute of Technology earned the #2 spot in our 2021 rankings. FIT SUNY is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of New York. FIT SUNY did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #3 on our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The student loan default rate at FIT SUNY is lower than is typical, just 1.2% of students default in three years. Approximately 2,847 students take at least one class online at FIT SUNY. About 1,095 of the students at FIT SUNY are attending part time.

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The #3 spot in this year's ranking belongs to University of Delaware. Located in the large suburb of Newark, UD is a public college with a fairly large student population. UD not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #2 on our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The student loan default rate at UD is lower than is typical, just 0.9% of students default in three years. There are approximately 13,666 students at UD that take at least one class online. 2,486 students are part time.

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Our rankings recognize Montclair State University as the #4 school in this year's rankings. Located in the large suburb of Montclair, Montclair State is a public college with a fairly large student population. Montclair State also took the #7 spot in our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region rankings.

The student loan default rate at Montclair State is lower than is typical, just 1.5% of students default in three years. There are approximately 9,294 students at Montclair State that take at least one class online. There are roughly 4,724 part time students in attendance at Montclair State.

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University of Maryland - College Park comes in at #5 in this year's ranking. UMCP is a fairly large public school located in the suburb of College Park. UMCP not only placed well in our non-traditional rankings. It is also #4 on our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The student loan default rate at UMCP is lower than is typical, just 0.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 11,700 students take at least one class online at UMCP. About 4,841 of the students at UMCP are attending part time.

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The #6 spot in this year's ranking belongs to Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus. Penn State University Park is a very large public school located in the small city of University Park. Penn State University Park did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #5 on our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region list.

The student loan default rate at Penn State University Park is lower than is typical, just 0.0% of students default in three years. All students are part time.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Pennsylvania State University - Main Campus Report

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SUNY Oneonta
Oneonta, NY

SUNY Oneonta earned the #7 spot in our 2021 rankings. SUNY Oneonta is a medium-sized public school located in the remote town of Oneonta. SUNY Oneonta also made our Best Colleges for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences in the Middle Atlantic Region list, coming in at #6.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Oneonta is lower than is typical, just 0.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 3,933 students at SUNY Oneonta that take at least one class online. There are roughly 513 part time students in attendance at SUNY Oneonta.

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Buffalo State
Buffalo, NY

Buffalo State comes in at #8 in this year's ranking. Buffalo State is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Buffalo.

The student loan default rate at Buffalo State is lower than is typical, just 3.8% of students default in three years. There are approximately 2,427 students at Buffalo State that take at least one class online. 1,406 of Buffalo State students are attending part time.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Buffalo State Report

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Our rankings recognize Bowie State University as the #9 school in this year's rankings. Bowie State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Bowie.

The school has a low student loan default rate of 5.7%. There are approximately 4,148 students at Bowie State University that take at least one class online. 1,493 of Bowie State University students are attending part time.

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Towson University
Towson, MD

Our rankings recognize Towson University as the #10 school in this year's rankings. Towson is a large public school located in the small city of Towson.

The student loan default rate at Towson is lower than is typical, just 1.7% of students default in three years. Approximately 6,258 students take at least one class online at Towson. There are roughly 4,337 part time students in attendance at Towson.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Towson University Report

Best for Non-Traditional Students Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best for non-traditional students family, consumer & human sciences colleges for a specific state in the Middle Atlantic region.

State Degrees Awarded
Pennsylvania 423
New York 885
New Jersey 286
Maryland 268
Delaware 89
District of Columbia 28

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*Avg Cost is for the top 18 schools only.

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