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2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina

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

In 2020-2021, 745 degrees and certificates were awarded to family, consumer and human sciences students who went to a North Carolina college or university. This makes it the #26 most popular major in the state.

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.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master's Degree Schools in North Carolina ranking. This report analyzed 5 schools in North Carolina to see which ones offered the best master's degree programs for students. Factors related to overall quality of the school, post-graduation earnings, average student debt, and more accumulated were considered when coming up with this list.

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2023 Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina

The colleges and universities below are the best for family, consumer and human sciences majors pursuing a master's degree.

Top North Carolina Schools for a Master's in Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

#1

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

Our 2023 rankings named East Carolina University the best school in North Carolina for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their master’s degree. Located in the city of Greenville, ECU is a public school with a very large student population.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina State University. The school came in at #2 on this year’s Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC State is a fairly large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at University of North Carolina at Greensboro helped the school earn the #3 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in North Carolina. UNC Greensboro is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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You’ll join some of the best and brightest minds around you if you attend North Carolina A & T State University. The school came in at #4 on this year’s Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Master’s Degree Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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The excellent master’s degree programs at North Carolina Central University helped the school earn the #5 place on this year’s ranking of the best family, consumer and human sciences schools in North Carolina. North Carolina Central University is a moderately-sized public school located in the large city of Durham.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the Southeast Region

Explore all the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the Southeast Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
West Virginia 331
South Carolina 518
Florida 833
Virginia 1,110
Arkansas 425
Mississippi 538
Louisiana 439
Alabama 1,424
Kentucky 414
Georgia 896
Tennessee 680

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 5 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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