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2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina

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Finding the Best Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate 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 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina ranking. Our analysis looked at 4 schools in North Carolina 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 colleges and universities below are the most popular for family, consumer and human sciences majors pursuing a graduate certificate.

Our analysis found North Carolina State University to be the most popular school for family, consumer and human sciences students who want to pursue a graduate certificate in North Carolina. NC State is a very large public school located in the city of Raleigh.

About 85% of the students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at the school are women while 15% are male.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at North Carolina State University Report

A rank of #2 on this year’s list means University of North Carolina at Greensboro is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their graduate certificate. UNC Greensboro is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

Of the 8 students majoring in family, consumer and human sciences at UNC Greensboro, 13% are male and 88% are female.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at University of North Carolina at Greensboro Report

You’ll be in good company if you decide to attend North Carolina A & T State University. It ranked #3 on our 2023 Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Graduate Certificate Schools in North Carolina list. NC A&T is a fairly large public school located in the large city of Greensboro.

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#3

East Carolina University

Greenville, NC

A rank of #3 on this year’s list means East Carolina University is a great place for family, consumer and human sciences students working on their graduate certificate. Located in the small city of Greenville, ECU is a public college with a very large student population.

Full Family, Consumer & Human Sciences at East Carolina University Report

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

Explore all the Most Popular Family, Consumer & Human Sciences Colleges 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 4 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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