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Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region

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Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate School for You

Family, Consumer & Human Sciences is the #22 most popular major in the country with 55,820 degrees and certificates awarded in 2020-2021.

Today's students have lots of options to pick from when considering higher education opportunities. With more and more schools offering online options, you could even register for a great program on the other side of the country. On top of that, there are a considerable number of trade schools that offer fast-track entry to many fields.

To assist you in seeing some of the education options that are available to you, Course Advisor has created its Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region ranking. Our analysis looked at 5 schools in the Far Western US Region to see which graduate certificate programs were the most popular for students. To create this ranking we looked at how many students graduated from the Family, Consumer & Human Sciences program at each school on the list.

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

Our analysis found Portland State University to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in the Far Western US Region . Located in the city of Portland, Portland State University is a public college with a fairly large student population.

Women make up 93% of the family, consumer and human sciences majors at the school.

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You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend Eastern Washington University. It ranked #2 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the fringe town of Cheney, EWU is a public school with a fairly large student population.

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Out of the 5 schools in the Far Western US Region that were part of this year’s ranking, Western Oregon University landed the # 3 spot on the list. Western Oregon State College is a small public school located in the town of Monmouth.

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A rank of #3 on this year’s list means Washington State University is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Wazzu is a very large public school located in the town of Pullman.

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San Diego State University

San Diego, CA

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend San Diego State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in the Far Western US Region list. Located in the city of San Diego, SDSU is a public college 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 Far Western US region.

State Degrees Awarded
California 8,196
Washington 412
Oregon 637
Hawaii 93
Nevada 175
Alaska 29

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 5 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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