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2023 Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania

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$42,243 Avg Salary

With 716 degrees and certificates handed out in 2020-2021, family, consumer and human sciences is the #30 most popular major in Pennsylvania.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. 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.

Along with in-depth profiles of schools and the programs they offer, Course Advisor has created the Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in Pennsylvania to help you in your search for the best school for you. Our analysis looked at 3 schools in Pennsylvania to see which online graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The following schools top our list of the Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Colleges.

Our analysis found California University of Pennsylvania to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue an online graduate certificate in Pennsylvania. Cal U is a medium-sized public school located in the suburb of California.

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#2

Elizabethtown College

Elizabethtown, PA

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means Elizabethtown College is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. Etown is a small private not-for-profit school located in the large suburb of Elizabethtown.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at Elizabethtown College Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means West Chester University of Pennsylvania is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their online graduate certificate. Located in the suburb of West Chester, WCUPA is a public school with a fairly large student population.

Read full report on Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at West Chester University of Pennsylvania

Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Region

Explore all the Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the Middle Atlantic Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Jersey 356
New York 1,456
Maryland 421
Delaware 101
District of Columbia 84

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

Majors Similar to Family, Consumer & Human Sciences

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 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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