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Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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2023 Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region

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Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree School for You

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 General Family & Consumer Sciences Associate Degree Schools in the Southeast Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 schools in the Southeast Region to see which associate degree programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the General Family & Consumer Sciences program at each school on the list.

Check out the consumer science associate degree programs at this school if you want to attend one of the most popular in the Southeast Region .

Our analysis found Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College to be the most popular school for general family and consumer sciences students who want to pursue a associate degree in the Southeast Region . Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College is a moderately-sized public school located in the rural area of Perkinston.

About 92% of the students majoring in consumer science at the school are women while 8% are male.

Read full report on General Family & Consumer Sciences at Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College

Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best 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

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 values are for the top school 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.

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