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2023 Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in West Virginia

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Finding the Best General Family & Consumer Sciences School for You

In 2020-2021, 2 degrees and certificates were awarded to general family and consumer sciences students who went to a West Virginia college or university. This makes it the #183 most popular major in the state.

With all the programs available today, it can be tough to choose which one is the best for you. 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Schools in West Virginia ranking. This report analyzed 1 schools in West Virginia to see which ones were the most popular programs 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.

The school below is the most popular for consumer science majors pursuing a .

#1

Shepherd University

Shepherdstown, WV

Our 2023 rankings named Shepherd University the most popular school in West Virginia for general family and consumer sciences students. Located in the fringe town of Shepherdstown, Shepherd University is a public school with a small student population.

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Best General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Most Popular General Family & Consumer Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that 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

General Family & Consumer Sciences 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
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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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