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2023 Most Popular Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Rhode Island

1 College
$35,634 Avg Salary
$25,445 Avg Student Debt

In 2020-2021, 497 degrees and certificates were awarded to family, consumer and human sciences students who went to a Rhode Island college or university. This makes it the #13 most popular major in the state.

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 Online Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in Rhode Island ranking. Our analysis looked at 1 school in Rhode Island offering online programs for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from schools with online programs.

The school below is the most popular for family, consumer and human sciences majors pursuing an online .

Our analysis found Johnson & Wales University - Online to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue an online degree in Rhode Island. Located in the midsize city of Providence, JWU Online is a private not-for-profit college with a small student population.

The average amount in student loans that family, consumer and human sciences majors at JWU Online take out is $27,000. The average monthly payment of a loan this size is about $436, assuming that the borrower is on a 10-year repayment plan.

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Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges in the New England Region

Explore all the Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Schools in the New England Area or other specific states within that region.

State Degrees Awarded
New Hampshire 94
Maine 90
Massachusetts 445
Connecticut 593
Vermont 24

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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 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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