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Most Popular Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

2023 Most Popular Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region

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Finding the Best Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, family and consumer economics was ranked #210 in the country. In fact 1,454 degrees and certificates were handed out in 2020-2021.

It's not easy to decide which program to enroll in when you have so many options available. You can choose a traditional brick and mortar school, or with the growth of online education, you can attend a school half-way across the country without even leaving your house. Also there are many trade schools that offer short-term programs that open up more career options.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in the Plains States Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Family & Consumer Economics program at each school on the list.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Colleges.

#1

Kansas State University

Manhattan, KS

Our analysis found Kansas State University to be the most popular school for family and consumer economics students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Plains States Region . K -State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Manhattan.

Of the 30 students majoring in consumer economics at K -State, 33% are male and 67% are female.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Nebraska - Lincoln helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular family and consumer economics schools in the Plains States Region . Located in the city of Lincoln, UNL is a public school with a very large student population.

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The in-demand graduate certificate programs at University of Missouri - Columbia helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the most popular family and consumer economics schools in the Plains States Region . Mizzou is a fairly large public school located in the city of Columbia.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend South Dakota State University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Family & Consumer Economics Graduate Certificate Schools in the Plains States Region list. South Dakota State is a fairly large public school located in the remote town of Brookings.

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Best Family & Consumer Economics Colleges by State

Explore the best family and consumer economics schools for a specific state in the Plains States region.

State Degrees Awarded
Missouri 1
Minnesota 90
Kansas 30
Iowa 11
Nebraska 185
South Dakota 31

Family & Consumer Economics is one of 7 different types of programs to choose from.

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
General Family & Consumer Sciences 2,906
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 4 schools only.

  • 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 the rest 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).

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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