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2023 Most Popular Online General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

3 Colleges
$28,435 Avg Salary
$27,314 Avg Student Debt

General Family & Consumer Sciences is the #171 most popular major in the country with 2,906 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

When it comes to higher education, there are a lot of options for students. 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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Online General Family & Consumer Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in the Southeast Region to see which online bachelor's degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The colleges and universities below are the most popular for consumer science majors pursuing an online bachelor's degree.

#1

Jacksonville State University

Jacksonville, AL

Our 2023 rankings named Jacksonville State University the most popular online school in the Southeast Region for general family and consumer sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. Jacksonville State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the suburb of Jacksonville.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, consumer science graduates from Jacksonville State University carry an average student debtload of $31,494.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Jacksonville State University Report

#2

Nicholls State University

Thibodaux, LA

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Nicholls State University helped the school earn the #2 place on this year’s ranking of the best general family and consumer sciences schools in the Southeast Region . Nicholls State University is a moderately-sized public school located in the city of Thibodaux.

The average amount in student loans that consumer science majors at Nicholls State University take out while working on their Bachelor's Degree is $31,917.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Nicholls State University Report

The in-demand online bachelor’s degree programs at Northwestern State University of Louisiana helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best general family and consumer sciences schools in the Southeast Region . NSU is a fairly large public school located in the town of Natchitoches.

Women make up 67% of the consumer science majors at the school.

After completing their Bachelor's Degree, consumer science graduates from NSU carry an average student debtload of $34,615.

Full General Family & Consumer Sciences at Northwestern State University of Louisiana Report

Explore the most popular online general family and consumer sciences colleges for a specific state in the Southeast region.

State Degrees Awarded
Georgia 13
Virginia 17
North Carolina 134
Florida 5
Tennessee 112
Kentucky 40
South Carolina 36
Louisiana 76
Arkansas 66
Alabama 303
Mississippi 55
West Virginia 2

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

Majors Similar to Consumer Science

Related Major Annual Graduates
Human Development & Family Studies 42,112
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 4,858
Textile & Apparel Studies 3,313
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 3 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).
  • Credit for the banner image above goes to National Cancer Institute.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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