2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
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It’s not easy to decide which college to attend when there so many options available for veterans. Our mission at College Factual is to arm you with as much information as we can to help you make that decision. Our “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking is one tool we have developed to help in this regard.
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the 22nd most popular major in the country with 55,820 degrees awarded in 2020-2021. In 2019-2020, family, consumer and human sciences graduates who were awarded their degree in 2017-2019, earned an average of $31,354 and had an average of $23,570 in loans still to pay off.
Across Texas, there were 3,601 family, consumer and human sciences graduates with average earnings and debt of $32,351 and $23,527 respectively.
This year’s “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Doctorate” ranking analyzed 2 colleges that offered a degree in family, consumer and human sciences. Not only do the schools that top this list have excellent family, consumer and human 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 family, consumer and human sciences program at the school, veteran affordability, and veteran population. See our ranking methodology to learn more.
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Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Doctorate
The following schools top our list of the Best “Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Doctorate”.
Top 2 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Colleges for Veterans in Texas
You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend The University of Texas at Austin. It ranked #1 on our 2023 Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Doctorate list. UT Austin is a large public school situated in Austin, Texas. It awarded 6 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
UT Austin did well in our major quality rankings, too. It placed #1 on our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list.According to our most recent data, The University of Texas at Austin supports 50,476 students, and 7 of those are GI Bill® students, of which 1 are Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average Post-9/11 GI Bill® award for tuition and fees at the school was $2,893. In addition to receiving other benefits, 0 students qualified for the Yellow Ribbon Program. Eligible students may be able to receive credit for their military training.
The school has an excellent freshman retention rate of 97%, which means students like the school well enough to return for a second year. The school has an impressive undergrad student loan default rate. It’s only [DEFAULT_RATE_STRING]%, which is much lower than the national rate of 10.1%.
Full UT Austin Veteran Student Life Report
Out of the 2 schools in the Most Veteran Friendly in Texas for Family, Consumer & Human Sciences for a Doctorate that were part of this year’s ranking, Texas Woman’s University landed the #2 spot on the list. This fairly large school is located in Denton, Texas, and it awarded 14 doctorate’s family, consumer and human sciences degrees in 2020-2021.
TWU also made our “Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Doctor’s Degree Schools in Texas” list, coming in at #2.Our most recent data shows that 495 of the 16,433 students enrolled at TWU were GI Bill® students, of which 251 were Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients. The average tuition and fees award for the Post-9/11 GI Bill® recipients was $5,466. On top of their other funding sources, 0 students received scholarships through the Yellow Ribbon Program. Students may be able to receive credit for their military training, depending on their background.
Full TWU Veteran Student Life Report
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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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