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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

34 Colleges
$31,199 Avg Salary
$25,537 Avg Student Debt

Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree School for You

Out of all the majors we analyze each year, family, consumer and human sciences was ranked #22 in the country. In fact 55,820 degrees and certificates were handed out 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 help you arm yourself with the information you need to make your decision, Course Advisor has developed this Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 34 schools in the Great Lakes Region to see which bachelor's degree programs offered the best educational experiences for students. The factors used to develop this ranking include those related to how in-demand the school is, the overall quality of the school, and post-graduation wages, and more.

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2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region

The following schools top our list of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Colleges.

Top 10 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor's Degree Schools

Our 2023 rankings named Indiana University - Bloomington the best school in the Great Lakes Region for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. IU Bloomington is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Bloomington.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Case Western Reserve University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Case Western is a fairly large private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cleveland.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region list. Located in the city of Champaign, UIUC is a public school with a very large student population.

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Michigan State University

East Lansing, MI

The excellent bachelor’s degree programs at Michigan State University helped the school earn the #4 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in the Great Lakes Region . Michigan State is a fairly large public school located in the small city of East Lansing.

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Out of the 34 schools in the Great Lakes Region that were part of this year’s ranking, University of Wisconsin - Madison landed the # 5 spot on the list. Located in the city of Madison, UW - Madison is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Union Institute & University landed the #6 spot in the 2023 rankings for the best bachelor’s degree family, consumer and human sciences programs. Union is a fairly small private not-for-profit school located in the large city of Cincinnati.

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Illinois State University did quite well in this year’s ranking of the best places for family, consumer and human sciences students to get a bachelor’s degree. It came in at #7 on the list. Illinois State is a very large public school located in the medium-sized suburb of Normal.

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With a ranking of #8, Western Michigan University did quite well on this year’s best schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. WMU is a fairly large public school located in the small city of Kalamazoo.

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With a ranking of #9, University of Wisconsin - Stout did quite well on this year’s best schools for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their bachelor’s degree. UW - Stout is a medium-sized public school located in the distant town of Menomonie.

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Ohio State University - Main Campus came in at #10 in this year’s edition of the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Bachelor’s Degree Schools in the Great Lakes Region ranking. Located in the large city of Columbus, Ohio State is a public school with a very large student population.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges by State

Explore the best family, consumer and human sciences schools for a specific state in the Great Lakes region.

State Degrees Awarded
Indiana 300
Michigan 962
Ohio 1,024
Illinois 957
Wisconsin 360

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Majors to Study

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
Family & Consumer Economics 1,454
Human Sciences Business Services 704
Housing 302
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences (Other) 158

Related Major Annual Graduates
Education 327,871
Social Sciences 205,984
Psychology 195,678
Communication & Journalism 120,571
History 32,731

Notes and References

*These averages are for the top 25 schools only.

  • Read more about our ranking methodology.
  • 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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